This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Korumburra - 936472. Railway cuttings three kilometres west of Korumburra. | |
Access: | South Gippsland Highway. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geology: | Abundant plant fossil may be obtained from exposures of soft Mesozoic sandstone and mudstone in the railway cuttings. The remains include Taeniopteris daintreei and Thinfeldia hastata concentrated in thin bands, and are regarded by Douglas (1969) as among the richest in Victoria. | |
Significance: | State. This site is regarded as one of the most important in Victoria for macroscopic remains of Mesozoic plants. | |
Management: | Class 1. No slope stabilisation work should be permitted on the cuttings in the site. | |
References: | Medwell, L.M., 1954. A review and revision of the flora of the Victorian Lower Jurassic. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. 65(2). 6-11. Douglas, J.G., 1969. The Mesozoic floras of Victoria. Geol Surv. Vict. Memoir 28. Mines Dept. Vict. |