ammonites
Warun Ponds Quarry (Oligocene of Australia)

Also known as Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd.

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 144.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° S, 142.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Warun Ponds Limestone Member (Jan Juc Formation), Chattian (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• Tertiary (Janjukian), laterally equivalent to the Point Addis Limestone

Environment/lithology: marine; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• bryozoal calcarenite with interbedded marls

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. Chapman. 1917. New or little-known Victorian fossils in the National Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 30(1):32-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46166: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2005, edited by Amanda Doyle