Dry Creek Sands - Weymouth's Bore, Adelaide: Late/Upper Miocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Barbatia (Acar) coma Reeve 1844
Ludbrook 1955
Orbtortio liratus
Ludbrook 1956
Manulona arrugosa
Ludbrook 1956
Hypotrochus semiplicatus
Ludbrook 1956
Filodrillia peramoena
Ludbrook 1958
Damoniella bullaeformis
Ludbrook 1958
Damoniella partisculpta
Ludbrook 1958
Cancellaphera confirmans
Ludbrook 1958
Mappingia acutispira
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Tubiola (Partubiola) depressispira
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Phasianella dennanti
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Kaurnella denotata
Ludbrook 1956
Calliostoma (Laetifautor) bicarinatum Clark 1915
Ludbrook 1956
synonym of Astraea (Pomaulax) biangulata
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Clanculus (Euriclanculus) quadricingulatus
Ludbrook 1956
Clanculus (Euriclanculus) eucarinatus
Ludbrook 1956
Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) laxegemmatus
Ludbrook 1956
Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) subsimplex
Ludbrook 1956
Calliostoma (Laetifautor) obliquicancellatum
Ludbrook 1956
Thalotia (Calthalotia) fictilis
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Euchelus (Herpetopoma) pliocenicus
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Tugali infrotunata
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Dannevigena) sp. Mörch 1852
Ludbrook 1956
Scala (Hirtoscala) sp. Humphrey
Ludbrook 1956
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Scala)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso psila
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Zeacrypta) dubitabilis Tate 1893
Ludbrook 1956
recombined as Zeacrypta dubitabilis
Crepidula (Zeacrypta) hainsworthi Johnston 1885
Ludbrook 1956
recombined as Zeacrypta hainsworthi
Calyptraea (Sigapatella) crassa Tate 1893
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus australis
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma provisi
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Ctenocolpus) trilix Cotton and Woods 1935
Ludbrook 1956
recombined as Ctenocolpus trilix
Turritella (Haustator) acricula Tate 1893
Ludbrook 1956
recombined as Gazameda acricula
Subspecies: T. (H.) acricula adelaidensis
Glyptozaria spectabilis
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Batillaria (Zeacumantus) multilirata
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Zeacumantus
Batillaria (Zeacumantus) bivaricata
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Zeacumantus
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Epidirona adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1958
Epidirona powelli
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium adelaidense
Ludbrook 1956
Thericium pritchardi
Ludbrook 1956
Thericium fallax
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Turrancilla) adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Ancilla (Baryspira) tatei
Ludbrook 1958
spelled with current rank as Amalda (Baryspira)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Hinia (Reticunassa) spiraliscabra
Ludbrook 1958
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus dictyotis (Tate 1888)
Ludbrook 1958
Fasciolaria (Pleia) sp. Lamarck 1799
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella lincolnensis
Ludbrook 1958
Mitrella muscula
Ludbrook 1958
Mitrella (Ademitrella) insolentior
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Floraconus) hamiltonensis
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Syntomodrillia decemcostata
Ludbrook 1958
Syntomodrillia ludbrookae
Ludbrook 1958
Splendrillia trucidata
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Etrema weymouthensis
Ludbrook 1958
Etremopsis contigua
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Guraleus (Guraleus) ludbrookae
Ludbrook 1958
Guraleus (Paraguraleus) incisus
Ludbrook 1958
Guraleus sp. Hedley 1918
Ludbrook 1958
Guraleus (Euguraleus) powelli
Ludbrook 1958
Guraleus (Euguraleus) subnitidus
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Asperdaphne (Aspertilla) exsculpta
Ludbrook 1958
Nepotilla powelli
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Xenuroturris (Veruturris) tomopleuroiides
Ludbrook 1958
Xenuroturris (Veruturris) bisculpta
Ludbrook 1958
Tomopleura ludbrookae
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Austromitra angusticostata
Ludbrook 1958
Austromitra mawsoni
Ludbrook 1958
Austromitra multiplicata
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Serrata weymouthensis
Ludbrook 1958
Serrata bicrassiplicata
Ludbrook 1958
Serrata metula
Ludbrook 1958
Serrata charma
Ludbrook 1958
Marginella (Eratoidea) glaessneri
Ludbrook 1958
original and current combination Eratoidea
Marginella (Eratoidea) wentworthi
Ludbrook 1958
original and current combination Eratoidea
Marginella (Eratoidea) crista
Ludbrook 1958
original and current combination Eratoidea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) trinodosus
Ludbrook 1958
original and current combination Pterochelus
Trunculariopsis peramangus
Ludbrook 1958
spelled with current rank as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)
Hexaplex (Murexsul) biconicus
Ludbrook 1958
original and current combination Murexsul
Bedeva crassiplicata
Ludbrook 1958
Trophon (Litozamia) goldsteini
Ludbrook 1958
Trophon (Enatimene) metungensis
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Closia moana
Ludbrook 1958
Closia doma
Ludbrook 1958
Closia planilabrum
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis (Hypocassis) salisburyensis
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Charonia (Austrotriton) radialis (Tate 1888)
Ludbrook 1958
recombined as Sassia radialis
Charonia (Austrotriton) armata
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Ellatrivia wirrata Ludbrook 1941
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Taniella weymouthensis
Ludbrook 1958
Tanea hamiltoni
Ludbrook 1958
Austrocochlis substolida (Tate 1893)
Ludbrook 1958
Tasmatica modestina
Ludbrook 1958
Proxiuber microsculptum
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Turboella elimattae
Ludbrook 1956
Cingula (Pelecydium) cylindracea
Ludbrook 1956
Rissoina nivea
Ludbrook 1956
Rissoina elegantula
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Eatoniellidae
Pellax jejuna
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora (Isotriphora) salisburyensis
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma depressulum
Ludbrook 1956
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon scrobiculatus
Ludbrook 1958
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) vixcostata
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Pyrgolampros
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) radicans
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Syrnola) tincta
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Agatha) praefasciata
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Agatha) jonesiana
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Agatha) infrasulcata
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Evelynella) adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1956
Syrnola (Puposyrnola) acrisecta Ludbrook 1941
Ludbrook 1956
recombined as Puposyrnola acrisecta
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Chemnitzia
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) mappingae
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Chemnitzia
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Discotectonica) wannonensis
Ludbrook 1956
original and current combination Discotectonica
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna anticingulata
Ludbrook 1958
Cylichna angustata (Cossman and Cossman 1897)
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella rostrata
Ludbrook 1958
Retusa (Semiretusa) canaligradata
Ludbrook 1958
Retusa (Semiretusa) apiculata
Ludbrook 1958
Gastropoda
Spectamen planicarinatum
Ludbrook 1956
Spectamen praecursor
Ludbrook 1956
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Tucetona) convexa
Ludbrook 1955
original and current combination Tucetona
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis beaumariensis
Ludbrook 1955
Limopsis eucosmus
Ludbrook 1955
Limopsis vixornata
Ludbrook 1955
Lissarca rhomboidalis
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia tatei
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) polyaktinosa (Ludbrook 1955)
Ludbrook 1955
recombined as Austrohinnites polyaktinos
Chlamys (Mesopeplum) incerta
Ludbrook 1955
original and current combination Mesopeplum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus spondyloides
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Montilora (Prophetilora) chavani
Ludbrook 1955
Divalucina cumingi (Adams and Angas 1863)
Ludbrook 1955
Gonimyrtea salisburyensis
Ludbrook 1955
Gonimyrtea crassior
Ludbrook 1955
Gonimyrtea validior
Ludbrook 1955
Myrtea fabuloides
Ludbrook 1955
Callucina balcombica (Cossmann 1912)
Ludbrook 1955
Linga (Bellucina) nuciformis
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Cleidothaeridae
Cleidothaerus adelaidensis Cotton 1947
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora corrugata (Tate 1887)
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula ephamilla Tate 1887
Ludbrook 1955
recombined as Notocorbula ephamilla
Corbula adelaidensis Ludbrook 1955
Ludbrook 1955
recombined as Notocorbula adelaidensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Sportella jubata
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia trigonale
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Pseudoarcopagia detrita
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Notocallista (Striacallista) mollesta
Ludbrook 1955
Notocallista (Striacallista) pestis
Ludbrook 1955
Placamen subroborata
Ludbrook 1955
Chioneryx dennanti
Ludbrook 1955
Antigona cognata
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Zenatiopsis angustata Tate 1879
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Pratulum) proterothetidis
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina masoni Tate 1887
Ludbrook 1955
Tellina albinelloides Tate 1887
Ludbrook 1955
Macoma ralpha
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita compta (Tate 1886)
Ludbrook 1955
Cyclocardia (Sclaricardita) subcompacta
Ludbrook 1955
Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) hindmarshensis
Ludbrook 1955
Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) peridonea
Ludbrook 1955
Pleuromeris subpecten
Ludbrook 1955
Pleuromeris trigonalis
Ludbrook 1955
Pleuromeris pecten (Tate 1886)
Ludbrook 1955
Glans dennanti
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella camura
Ludbrook 1955
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Ennucula) kalimnae
Ludbrook 1955
original and current combination Ennucula
Nucula (Ennucula) venusta
Ludbrook 1955
original and current combination Ennucula
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Scaeoleda) woodsi
Ludbrook 1955
Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis (Tate 1891)
Ludbrook 1955
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Dischides) yatalensis Ludbrook 1956
Ludbrook 1956
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Pulsellidae
Siphondentalium (Pulsellum) adelaidensis
Ludbrook 1956
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 34.8° South, 138.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° South, 137.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dry Creek Sands
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably unconformably underyling Pliocene Hallett Cove Sandstone (Pleistocene-Recent in Fig. 2 of Ludbrook 1954) The Dry Creek Sands are a correlate of the Bookpurnong Fm (Beu and Darragh 2001). THICKNESS: Typically the Dry Creek Sands are less than 200 ft thick based on Fig. 2 of Ludbrook (1954). AGE: Previously regarded as Pliocene in age (Ludbrook 1954, 1963). However more recent idependent assessments of foraminifera and dinoflagellates (Brown and Stephenson 1991; Macphail and Kellett 1993) and Mollusca (Beu and Darragh 2001) suggest that the lower Dry Creek Sands (greater than 105-115 m) are of Bairnsdalian-Mitchelian age (latest Middle Miocene-early Late Miocene). A Late Miocene age is adopted here = Mitchelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for Dry Creek Sands and from unknown position within bore, possibly multiple beds, but more than likely below ~300 feet (~105 m).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal,gray,white unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Ligh-grey-silery, fine, sharp sands and clays, with intercalated bands of grey and white limestone; pale-grey shelly sands. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, possibly occasionally poorly-lithified.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited in a shallow bay or gulf after depression of older strata, submerged during the early Tertiary; sandy bay, protected. Not an estuarine or restricted embayment fauna, so here assigned to a "siliciclastic-coastal indet." environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Collected by multiple parties during the irregular construction of bores within the vicinity of Adelaide. Reported on by previous authors including Tate (1890, 1898), Tate and Dennant (1896), Hall and Pritchard (1902), Howchin (1914, 1928) and Chapman (1916). These authors reported piecemeal this fauna, while Ludbrook (1954-1956) presents more detailed taxonomy and thorough covereage of all bores. REPOSITORY: Most material reposited in Tate Collection, University of Adelaide, while some is preserved in the MNHM in Paris and BMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscan groups. No other taxa specifically listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative series of publications, but with rather oudated nomenclature. This is remedied by revisions of Australian Mollusca by Darragh (1970), and various publications by Darragh (post 1970).
Metadata
Also known as:Bore 207
Database number:63432
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-15 02:12:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-15 02:12:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18250. N.H. Ludbrook. 1953. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 77:42-64 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

18271 N. H. Ludbrook. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part IV - Gastropoda (Turritellidae-Struthiolariidae). Transactions of The Royal Society of South Australia 80:17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]
18251 N.H. Ludbrook. 1955. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part II - Pelecypoda. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 78:18-87 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
18231 N.H. Ludbrook. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III - Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae-Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79:1-36 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
18296 N.H. Ludbrook. 1958. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part V - Gastropoda (Eratoidae to Scaphandridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81:43-111 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]