Bootenall Limestone, Tamala Formation, Cape Burney: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Glycymeris radians
Lamarck 1819
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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| [sp.1+sp.2] common to rare | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Favites sp.
Link 1807
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Platygyra sp.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Rhizotrochus tuberculatus
Tenison Woods 1879
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachiodontes ustulatus
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| very common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia pistachia
Lamarck 1819
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| uncommon | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Gloripallium pallium
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Patelloidea saccharina
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella peronii
Blainville 1825
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium nodulosus
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Pyrene bidentata
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa francolina
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva oliva
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Oliva (Oliva) oliva | ||||||||||
| very common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus dorreensis
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| common | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais orbita
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| very common | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 28.9° South, 114.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° South, 114.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 132 to 120 Ka (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| Geology comments: fringing reef | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3810 | ||
| Database number: | 81106 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Girndt |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-05 02:43:28 | Last modified: | 2012-04-26 10:29:52 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-06-05 02:43:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27290. | M. E. Johnson, B. G. Baarli, and J. H. Scott, Jr. 1995. Colonization and reef growth on a Late Pleistocene rocky shore and shore abrasion platform in Western Australia. Lethaia 28(1):85-98 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/W. Kiessling] |