Tortachilla Limestone
53 distinct taxa, from 58 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 48–34 Mya.
South Australia · AU
53 taxa · 58 fossils · 48–34 MyaMacrostrat dates this rock 48–34 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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6 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Aturia clarkei
- Spondylus gaderopoides
- Aliquantula insolita
- Arca pseudonavicularis
- Barbatia dissimilis
- Barbatia limatella
- Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) zitteli
- Carcharias cuspidatus
- Carcharias macrotus
- Carcharodon hastalis
- Cardita alata
- Chlamys peroni
- Cimomia felix
- Crassatella astartiformis
- Cucullaea adelaidensis
- Cucullaea equidens
- Dianadema multangularis
- Dimya sigillata
- Epacrothyris pectoralis
- Eucrassatella aphrodina
- Glycymeris cainozoica
- Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) latissima
- Hemiaster (Bolbaster) subidus
- Isurus
- Lamna apiculata
- Ledella leptorhyncha
- Lima
- Lima bassii
- Lima polyactina
- Limarca angustifrons
- Limopsis insolita
- Limopsis multiradiata
- Mitsukurina maslinensis
- Modiolaria semigranosa
- Modiolus
- Modiolus adelaidensis
- Mytilicardia curta
- Notogrammatodon cainozoicus
- Nucula semistriata
- Nuculana
The 40 most often recorded, of 53.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.