Melawi Group: Late/Upper Eocene, Indonesia
collected by Martin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Barbatia) melaviensis
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| original and current combination Barbatia | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Tenuicorbula) dajacensis
(Martin 1899)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Cyrena (Batissa) subtrigonalis
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| original and current combination Batissa | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania melaviensis
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| synonym of Thiara | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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"Paludomus" crassa
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"Paludomus" gracilis
(Krause 1897)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus bornensis
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | 0.1° North, 111.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.3° North, 116.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Melawi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Melawi Group, for which lithostratigraphic contacts are not reported. AGE: Late Eocene, on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy and macrofaunal similarity with other regional units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within group. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably shale, though not implicitly stated. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Brackish and rather shallow siliciclastic marine. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Martin |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Martin, c. 1890. REPOSITORY: Natural History Museum, Leiden. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Probably not exhaustive, but limited to characteristic gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, but with rather antiquated nomenclature, with assignments at species and subgenus resolution. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78563 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-08 09:38:48 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-02-08 09:38:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26409. | S. Kanno. 1978. Brackish molluscan fauna (upper Eocene) from the Silantek Formation in west Sarawak, Malaysia. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of Southeast Asia 10:103-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |