Point Flinders - Glen Aire Clay: Early/Lower Oligocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Syngenochilus radiapex
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni Ludbrook 1956
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) subfissura
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus (Torinista) darraghi Garrard 1978
Heliacus (Awarua) otwayanus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon scrobiculatus
Triploca ligata
Triploca ligata
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Munditia lamellosa
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Collonista otwayensis
Astraea hudsoniana
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnania aratula
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Pareora stylacris
Spirocolpus aldingae
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Notacirsa lampra (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tanea wintlei
Friginatica aldingensis (Tate 1893)
Gastropoda - Atlantidae
Atlanta fossilis
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Sirius cf. subquadratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Maudrillia secta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Austrolithes incompositus (Tate 1888)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Oamaruia ptycjotropis
Semitriton dennanti
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Splendrillia hughesi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Guraleus eocenicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Apiotoma bassi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Marshallaria otwayensis
Conorbis otwayensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turrinosyrinx denticulata
Parasyngenochilus angustior Long 1981
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas cudmorei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia protexta
Cordieria protensa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium calcaratum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella kitsoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Ternivoluta) curvirostata
Notovoluta variculifera
Notopeplum primarugatum
Alcithoe (Waihaoia) cribrosa
Alcithoe (Waihaoia) pagodoides (Tate 1888)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murexsul prionotus
Pteropurpura bifrons
Pteropurpura calva
Pterochelus otwayensis
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Proterato australis (Tate 1878)
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Archierato pyrulata (Tate 1890)
original and current combination Erato (Erato) pyrulata
Semitrivia pompholugota (Tate 1890)
Ellatrivia torquayensis (Schilder 1935)
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Willungia cf. ovulatella (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia oligostira
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Margineulima danae
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta planiuscula (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella chapmani
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Ennucula tenisoni (Pritchard 1896)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sigillata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima bassi
Limaria polynema
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Notostrea lubra
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Cosa praenuntia
Limarca angustifrons Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Notogrammatodon cainozoica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara" interclathrata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris lenticularis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis chapmani Singleton 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Fossacallista tatei (Cossmann 1920)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula pyxidata
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora lamellata (Tate 1887)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Salaputium communis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia janjukensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Eotrigonia eocenica
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.8° South, 143.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.9° South, 141.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Glen Aire Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Glen Aire Clay. Outcrop is not good and stratigraphical relationships of the outcrop are not clear owing to slipping and covering sediment. Glen Aire Clay regionally overlies the Castle Cove Limestone, which in turn overlies the Browns Creek Clay. AGE: The age of the assemblage is probably Early Oligocene (Abele et al. 19876), though previous writers (Darragh 1987) have tended to regard the lower Glen Aire Clay as latest Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower Glen Aire Clay.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray claystone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey, richly fossiliferous clay. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Probably multiple collectors from same locality, including the author, and combination with existing museum collections. REPOSITORY: Museum of Victoria.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Utilized modern nomenclature, with species-level assignments.
Metadata
Also known as:Assemblage 5; FL 19
Database number:71236
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-22 19:55:42 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-22 19:55:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23859. T. A. Darragh. 1985. Molluscan biogeography and biostratigraphy of the Tertiary of southeastern Australia. Alcheringa 9:83-116 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]