PL3004, NW Buckley Point: Thanetian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Cirsochilus pilulatus n. sp.
18 specimens
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Conominolia parvistrigulata n. sp.
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis microglyptophorus n. sp.
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Colposigma uniangulata n. sp.
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Opalia ? sp. Adams and Adams 1853
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Austrofusus crassiaulatus n. sp.
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Levifusus quadrifunifer n. sp.
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
fragmentary specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium rugatoides n. sp.
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Marshallaria tumefacta n. sp.
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
2 specimens
Naticid sp. a (1), Naticid sp. b (1)
Euspira saxosulensis n. sp.
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina meridiana n. sp.
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea quindecimlirata n. sp.
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria obbata n. sp.
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea multicostulifera n. sp.
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Aturoidea distans Teichert 1943
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras victorianum (Teichert 1943)
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Gadilida
Compressidens laticornuata n. sp.
4 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium gracilicostatum
15 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.7° South, 143.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.5° South, 147.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pebble Point
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: shelly sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Some sedimentologists have characterized the Pebble Point Formation as having been deposited in marginal rather than open marine environments, based on the presence of the foram Cyclammina. Yet, the common presence of echinoderms as well as nautilid cephalopods, both intolerant of salinity much higher or lower than open ocean values argues against this. While numerous clasts are present, other evidence suggests quiet sedimentation rather than high energy. Pebble Point Formation thought to have been deposited during a series of channeling and channel abandonment episodes. Mud rip-up clasts and mud drapes indicate times of channel abandonment. Shelly fauna mostly come from the upper half, which may represent a change from estuarine conditions to more open marine conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:6268
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-02-15 15:11:25 Last modified:2020-10-27 10:54:11
Access level:the public Released:2000-02-15 15:11:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
398. T. A. Darragh. 1997. Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, and new Bivalvia of the Paleocene Pebble Point Formation, Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(1):57-108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]