Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
The Janjukian Series (Miocene), represented at Torquay, Waurn Ponds and
Table Cape, contains an abundant fish fauna, including amongst sharks,
_Cestracion cainozoicus_, _Asteracanthus eocaenicus_, _Galeocerdo davisi_,
_Carcharoides totuserratus_, _Odontaspis contortidens_, _O. incurva_,
_O. cuspidata_, _Lamna crassidens_, _L. apiculata_ (Fig. 130 D), _L.
compressa_, _L. bronni_, _Oxyrhina hastalis_ (occasional) (Fig. 130 C),
_O. desori_, _O. retroflexa_, _O. minuta_, _Carcharodon auriculatus_ (Fig.
130 E), _C. megalodon_ and _C. robustus_. A species of chimaeroid or
Elephant fish is represented by a left mandibular tooth named _Ischyodus
mortoni_, from the Table Cape Beds, Tasmania.
The Corio Bay series contains teeth of _Acanthias geelongensis_, _Sphyrna
prisca_, _Odontaspis contortidens_, _O. attenuata_, _Oxyrhina minuta_,
_Carcharodon megalodon_, amongst sharks; whilst the spine of a Porcupine
Fish, _Diodon connewarrensis_ has been obtained from the clays of Lake
Connewarre, Victoria.
=Kalimnan.--=
[Illustration: =Fig. 131--CAINOZOIC FISH REMAINS.=
A--Carcharoides tenuidens, Chapm. Cainozoic (Janj.) Victoria
B--Odontaspis contortidens. Agassiz. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
C--Galeocerdo latidens, Agassiz. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
D--Myliobatis morrabbinensis, Chapm. and Pritch. Cainozoic (Kal.)
Victoria
E--Labrodon confertidens. Chapm. and Pritch. Cainozoic (Kal.) Vict.
F--Diodon formosus, Chapm. and Pritch. Cainozoic (Kal.) Vict.
]
The Kalimnan Series is also prolific in the remains of fishes, the
principal localities being Beaumaris and Grange Burn, Hamilton. Amongst
the sharks there found are, _Notidanus jenningsi_ (related to the Indian
Grey Shark), _Cestracion cainozoicus_ (related to the Port Jackson
Shark), _Asteracanthus eocaenicus_, _Galeocerdo davisi_, _G. latidens_
(Fig. 131 C), _G. aduncus_, _Odontaspis contortidens_ (Fig. 131 B),
_O. incurva_, _O. cuspidata_, _O. attenuata_, _Lamna apiculata_, _L.
compressa_, _Oxyrhina hastalis_ (abundant), _O. desori_, _O. retroflexa_,
_O. eocaena_, _O. minuta_, _Carcharodon auriculatus_ and _C. megalodon_.
An extinct species of Sting Ray, _Myliobatis moorabbinensis_ (Fig. 131 D),
is found at Beaumaris, represented by occasional palatal teeth. Mandibular
and palatine teeth of an extinct genus of Elephant Fish, _Edaphodon_
(_E. sweeti_) are occasionally found at Beaumaris, and at Grange Burn
near Hamilton. Two extinct forms of the Wrasse family, the Labridae, are
found in Victoria; the pharyngeals of _Labrodon confertidens_ (Fig. 131
E), occurring at Grange Burn, Hamilton, and those of _L. depressus_, at
Beaumaris. The palatal jaws of a Porcupine Fish, _Diodon formosus_ (Fig.
131 F), are frequently met with at the base of the Kalimnan Series, both
at Grange Burn and Beaumaris.
=Oamaru Series, New Zealand.--=
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