Island of Nias - Late Miocene [Checklist of Skwarko, 1994]: Late/Upper Miocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon dahanaensis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Trochus submamilla
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea (Astralium) verbeeki
original and current combination Astralium
Turbo martinianus
Marmarostoma smithii
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita morrisianus
Neritina subfossilis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Cerithium) boettgeri
Cerithium (Cerithium) niasensis
Cerithium (Cerithium) schroderi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum verbeeki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Tiara flammea
spelled with current rank as Mitra (Tiara)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra dahanaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula dahanaensis
Turricula niasensis
Turricula (Surcula) pollii
synonym of Turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus (Dendroconus) achatinus Gmelin 1791
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva pseudoaustralis
Oliva pupaeformis
? Oliva mustelina Lamarck 1810
recombined as Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Turricula bataviana Martin 1884
recombined as Vexillum (Vexillum) bataviana
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) glaber Martin 1879
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Luponia) onyx (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Erronea (Adusta) onyx
SUBSPECIES: C. (L.) onyx adusta
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora subconica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca kannegieteri Icke 1907
Arca tjidamarensis Martin 1879
Anadara (Anadara) verbeeki
Anadara (Anadara) biformis (Martin 1883)
Anadara suboblonga (Boettger 1883)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium loxotones
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Apolymetis niasensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama dahanaensis
Chama niasensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Pectunculus) sp. Scopoli 1777
Pitar woodwardi
Callista sp. Poli 1791
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga (Bellucina) pollii (Icke 1907)
recombined as Cardiolucina pollii
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia
Coordinates: 1.1° North, 97.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.5° South, 101.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown unit. Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Late Miocene.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably van der Vlerk (1931). REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Metadata
Database number:70122
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-18 10:39:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-03-18 10:39:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18160. S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]