Tittabwe (Kama stage) (Miocene of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (19.5° N, 95.5° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 98.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kama Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC DATA: Unknown stratigraphic data other than approximating Aquitanian in age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Include R. Bahadur, S. R. Rau, and the Burma Oil Co. and British Burma Petroleum Co. REPOSITORY: Unknown, probably Geological Survey of India, or BMNH.

Primary reference: E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76596: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Only include taxonomic groups (families of gastropoda and bivalvia) described in various articles entered. NOMENCLATURE: Antiquated, but designated to species and subgenus resolution in authoritative publication, and can be revised with more recent publications (e.g. Murkejee, 1939; Harzhauser, 2007).
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 snail
Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 snail
Drillia (Crassispira) constricta n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia indica n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 snail
Drillia pulcherrima n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Hastula) mayoi n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Hastula) iravadica n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Hastula) pagoda n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Hastula) sethuramae n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Hastula) hirasei n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Myurella) euglyptica n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Myurella) martini n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Myurella) hornelli n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Subula) cossmanni n. sp.1 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Drillia (Brachytoma) buddhaica n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 turrid
Drillia (Brachytoma) annandalei n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 turrid
Drillia (Brachytoma) yabei n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 turrid
Surcula (Pleurofusia) phasma n. sp. Vredenburg 1921 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangilia (Clathurella) quinqueangularis n. sp." = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia (Clathurella) quinqueangularis n. sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Phos acuminatus n. sp.2, Tritonidea promensis n. sp.2, "Tritonidea (Cantharus) bucklandi" = Cantharus bucklandi2, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa n. sp.2
Phos acuminatus n. sp.2 Martin 1879 true whelk
Tritonidea promensis n. sp.2 Vredenburg 1923 true whelk
"Tritonidea (Cantharus) bucklandi" = Cantharus bucklandi2 d'Archiac 1850 true whelk
Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa n. sp.2 Vredenburg 1923 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Cyllene pretiosa n. sp.2 Vredenburg 1923 snail