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Record of the deep marine Clinocythereis australis Ayress and Swanson, 1991 (Ostracoda) from the upper Miocene Tambo River Formation, Gippsland Basin, Australia : Palaeo-oceanographic and biostratigraphic implications

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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Mark WarneMark Warne
Fossils of the deep marine ostracod, Clinocythereis australis Ayress & Swanson, 1991 occur within the Tambo River Formation, Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia and record an approximately 6 Ma phase of late Miocene coastal ocean upwelling within this region. The presence of deep marine faunal elements within late Miocene Mitchellian strata is in contrast to the absence of such faunal elements in latest Miocene Cheltenhamian and younger marine strata of the Bass Strait hinterland. The absence of deep marine faunal elements in post-Mitchellian onshore strata is due to the Kosciusko Uplift, which transformed Bass Strait into a wholly shallow seaway placing adjacent coastal regions beyond the reach of ocean upwelling influences.

History

Journal

Alcheringa: an Australian journal of palaeontology

Volume

36

Issue

2

Pagination

151 - 156

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Location

London, England

ISSN

1752-0754

eISSN

1752-0754

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2011, Taylor & Francis