Upper Kalibeng Formation - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (7.5° S, 110.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 110.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: NN 16 nannofossil zone, Upper Kalibeng Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene according to Skwarko (1994); Early Pliocene based on correlation table of Shuto (1975), which is favored here as it accounts for mollusca and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, rather than historic age assignments.

•JA: nannoplankton zone NN 16 (Late Pliocene) according to Siesser et al. (1984)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous sandstone and shelly/skeletal marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.

•JA: "an open-ocean environment of normal salinity" based on nannoplankton (Siesser et al. 1984)

• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

•JA: most material is apparently from the "Turritella beds (argillaceous sand)" a.k.a. "Operculina-bearing sandstone" or from the "Corbicula bed" a.k.a. "Corbicula-rich marl," which are separated by about 6 m (Siesser et al. 1984)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70079: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp., "Marmarostoma sondeianus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma), "Marmarostoma (Batillus) gemmatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma), "Astraea (Astralium) petrosus" = Astralium
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Marmarostoma sondeianus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) snail
"Marmarostoma (Batillus) gemmatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) snail
"Astraea (Astralium) petrosus" = Astralium snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus (Tectus) fenestratus Gmelin 1791 top snail
Calliostoma (Calliostoma) tranquebaricum top snail
SUBSPECIES: C. (C.) tranquebariucum
Thalotia sp. Gray 1847 top snail
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium sinensis cerith snail
Cerithium granosum Wood 1842 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Zaria angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti, "Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
"Zaria angulata" = Kapalmerella ranikoti Vredenburg 1928 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: Z. angulata djadjariensis
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithidea) sp. Swainson 1840 horn snail
Telescopium sp. Monfort 1810 horn snail
Telescopium titan Martin 1889 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi, Dientomochilus sp.
"Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi Petit 1840 snail
Dientomochilus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva tricincta olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Oliva sondeiana olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Oliva (Strephona) australis Duclos 1835 olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Oliva (Oliva) ispidula olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
"Oliva (Anazola) rufula" = Anazola olive snail
SUBSPECIES: O. (A.) rufula junghuhni
Ancilla (Ancilla) junghuhni Martin 1879 olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Aulica (Aulica) gendinganensis volute
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Palmadusta (Palmadusta) punctata" = Notadusta punctata Linneaus 1771 cowry
SUBSPECIES: P. (P.) punctata atomaria
"Zoila (Zoila) gendinganensis" = Afrozoila gendinganensis Martin 1899 cowry
SUBSPECIES: Z. (Z.) gendinganensis gendinganensis
Erronea (Adusta) sondeiana Martin 1899 cowry
Erronea (Adusta) jungens Schilder 1937 cowry
Staphylaea (Staphylaea) staphylaea Linnaeus 1758 cowry
SUBSPECIES: S. (S.) staphylaea prostaphylaea
"Talparia (Talparia) cf. talpa" = Talparia talpa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
SUBSPECIES: T. (T.) talpa talpa
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
Trivirostra oryza Lamarck 1810 snail
SUBSPECIES: T. oryza oryza
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Xenophora (Tugurium) calculifera Reeve 1842 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Naticina) candidissima moon snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Mammilla mammata Röding 1798 moon snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
Neverita sulcifera moon snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
"Neverita didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
"Sinum (Eunaticina) papilla" = Eunaticina papilla Gmelin 1791 moon snail
COMMENTS: Sonde Mbr
"Natica (Natica) zebra" = Tanea undulata Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica hypoglypha moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
"Natica ruffa" = Natica vitellus1 Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana2 Récluz 1843 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus Martin 1879 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita (Amphinerita) polita" = Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara nodifera" = Anadara (Tegillarca) nodifera Martens 1860 ark
Trisidos semitorta Lamarck 1819 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea granulosa Jonas 1846 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Placunidae
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lentipecten kadari, Chlamys sp., "Chlamys (Mimachlamys) cf. singaporinus" = Mimachlamys singaporinus, Amusium pleuronectes
Lentipecten kadari Kotaka and Hasibuan 1983 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys (Mimachlamys) cf. singaporinus" = Mimachlamys singaporinus Sowerby 1853 scallop
Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758 scallop
SUBSPECIES: A. pleuronectes australiae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula gerthi Oostingh 1935 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam