Tantabiddi Member, Bundera Calcarenite, Mangrove Bay and Yardie Creek: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium informal sp. A Bruguière 1789
Cerithium informal sp. B Bruguière 1789
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
Cerithium novaehollandiae Adams 1855
recombined as Cerithium (Cerithium) novaehollandiae
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa (Bufonariella) granularis (Röding 1798)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium (Septa) pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Cymatium (Septa) gemmatum
original and current combination Septa
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Naria erosa
Cypraea cf. eglantina Duclos 1833
recombined as Mauritia eglantina
Cypraea cicercula Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Pustularia cicercula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus turritus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus (Pollia) undosus
Cominella acutinodosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807
Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822
Pyrene turturina (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Homalocantha sp. Mörch 1852
Coralliophila cf. costularis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra areolata Link 1807
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus terebra
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Pupa cf. solidula Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tectus pyramis (Born 1778)
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astralium rhodostomum
Turbo (Marmarostoma) cf. argyrostomus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupella cornus
Drupa ricinus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricolaria) toreuma
synonym of Globivenus
Venus (Periglypta) reticulata Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Periglypta reticulata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima (Roeding 1798)
original and current combination Tridachnes maxima
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Epicodakia bella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Megacardita turgida
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula silicula
Lithophaga nasuta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara antiquata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
Arca ventricosa Lamarck 1819
recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa
Barbatia (Acar) cf. plicata (Dillwyn 1817)
recombined as Acar plicata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis afra
unclassified
Barbatia (Barbatia) amygdalumtostum Röding 1798
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 21.9° South, 114.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.9° South, 114.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bundera Calcarenite Member:Tantabiddi
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Late Pleistocene. Extended discussion of age in text (Kendrick et al., 1991). U-series dates obtained for the Tantabiddi Mbr have given ages of 111, 120, and 138 +/- 5-7 ka BP (van de Graaf et al. 1976). U-series dates from this study of coral aslo yield similar ages, from 108-141 +/- 5-10 ka BP.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",medium,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cross-bedded, medium-textured, calcarenite, containing shell horizons and coral debris. LITHIFICATION: Presumed to be poorly-lithified given comments about moderate induration and calcretes in bounding units.
Environment:foreshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Accumulated on beach environment, bounded by eolian units.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Faunal list is a composite of decades of collecting effort, including that reported by Darragh and Kendrick (1971), Kendrick (1981), Ponder (1985), and Kendrick unpublished data. REPOSITORY: Collection assembled from material reposited in Western Australian Museum (WAM).
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Not exhaustive (stated to be selective, presumably on the basis of biogeographic utility of taxa), but certainly comprehensive. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but nomenclature appears modern with extensive subgeneric and species-level assignments.
Metadata
Database number:63356
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-11 21:37:48 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-11 21:37:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18220. G. W. Kendrick, K.-H. Wyrwoll, and B.J. Szabo. 1991. Pliocene-Pleistocene coastal events and history along the western margin of Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews 10:419-439 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]