Corals Bryozoa & Sponges

The waters along the Beaumaris coastline 5.5 million years ago were warmer than today and supported a wide variety of corals, bryozoa and sponges. The corals below are from Beaumaris Bay.

                               Branched sponge stem in Beaumaris Sandstone.

A boulder of calcium phosphate rock from the Fyansford Formation exhibiting Placotrochus deltoideus (right) and Bryozoa (left).

              Hornera foliacea , Bryozoa and Bathyactis  beaumariensis

                   Deltocyathus sp.                                            Unknown

                         Unknown                                      Section of branched Coral

      Truncatoflabellum gambierense                                       Unknown

                            Graphularia “Sea Pen”

The last known specimen in Victoria was found in 1861 at Bird Rock Torquay (Oligocene)