ammonites
PL3115 - Jemmys Point Fm (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.9° S, 148.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° S, 147.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jemmys Point Fm Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jemmys Point Fm (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene), which conformably overlies the Tambo River Fm (early Late Miocene). AGE: From Cheltenhamian part of formation, therefore latest Late Miocene according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, not stated in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification, not stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Multiple, unknown collectors. REPOSITORY: Museum of Victoria, Melborne, Victoria, Australia.

Primary reference: A. G. Beu and T.A. Darragh. 2001. Revision of southern Australian Cenozoic fossil Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Proceedings of the Royal Sociey of Victoria 113(1):1-205 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72234: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.05.2007

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