Location 178, Tjisaät (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (7.3° S, 109.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 109.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic details not discussed in text. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in regional section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Oostingh in 1923

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: C. H. Oostingh, c. 1923. REPOSITORY: Museum zu Bandoeng, Indonesia. Some specimens reposted in other museums.

Primary reference: C. H. Oostingh. 1935. Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java). Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26:1-247 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84532: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with somewhat antiquated nomenclature. This is amended where possible using Swarko (1994) and more recent publications.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Lopha) hyotiformis Philippi 1901 oyster
 Pectinida - Placunidae
"Placenta (Ephippium) ephippium" = Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium, "Placenta (Placenta) mandirantjanensis" = Placuna (Placuna) mandirantjanensis
"Placenta (Ephippium) ephippium" = Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium Philipsson 1788 scallop
"Placenta (Placenta) mandirantjanensis" = Placuna (Placuna) mandirantjanensis Martin 1909 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia (Protapes) cheribonensis Oostingh 1935 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus Martin 1879 worm shell
SUBSPECIES: Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus tegalensis
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae