Batavia Borehole IV (0-6 m) - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (6.2° S, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 107.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit and relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• 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 70088: 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).
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium gonatodes Martin 1885 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) terebra Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crepidula (Siphopatella) walshi" = Ergaea walshi
"Crepidula (Siphopatella) walshi" = Ergaea walshi Reeve 1859 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Ostrea) glomerata" = Saccostrea glomerata
"Ostrea (Ostrea) glomerata" = Saccostrea glomerata Gould 1850 Commercial Rock Oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Angulus) iridescens" = Angulus, Tellina (Tellinides) timorensis
"Tellina (Angulus) iridescens" = Angulus tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes undulata venus clam
 Solenida - Pharidae