Muddy Creek Fm - Muddy Creek (upper bed) (Miocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° S, 140.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Muddy Creek Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Muddy Creek, which interfingers the Gellibrand Fm (Early Miocene-Middle Miocene) in Central Otway Basin. AGE: Middle Miocene (Balcombian) according to Beu and Darragh (2001). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple localities and horizons, hence assigned to a "formation" scale. NOTES: From antiquated publication that predates establishment of region lithostratigraphic framework. Assignments to lithostratigraphic unit and age are based on interpretation by enterer on the basis of cross-referening localities and taxa to more recent publications (e.g. Darragh 1970, Darragh 1986, and in particular Beu and Darragh 2001).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Environment not reported in text, presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification, note stated in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Types held in National Museum in Victoria

Primary reference: R. Tate. 1890. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. (Part III). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13:185-235 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179602: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.06.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• I put in Darragh's genus-species combinations, which are recent as of 1970; the original IDs are in the comment field. Cypraeids are the exception, as they have taxonomic data.
unclassified
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Sunameroe gibberula
Meroe gibberula
Tavaniotha crasslgranosa
Nassa crasslgranosa
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Dolicrossea lauta snail
Crossea lauta
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Phasianella dennanti snail
Phasianella dennanti
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Leiopyrga quadricingulata top snail
Leiopyrga quadricingulata
Leiopyrga tatei top snail
Eumargarita (Turcicula) tatei
  -
Dicathais abjecta Tate 1888 snail
Purpura (Trochia) abjecta
 Epitonioidea - Janthinidae
Hartungia dennanti snail
Heligmope dennanti
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Amaea triplicata wentletrap
Scalaria (Eglisia) triplicata
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Zegalerus tatei slipper shell
Calyptraea corrugata
 Sorbeoconcha - Struthiolariidae
Tylospira coronata Tate 1885 snail
Pelicaria coronata
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Strigatella atypha" = Mitra (Strigatella)
"Strigatella atypha" = Mitra (Strigatella) mitre shell
Mitra atypha
 Neogastropoda -
Amorena masoni snail
Valuta masoni
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Alocospira papillata" = Ancilla (Alocospira)
"Alocospira papillata" = Ancilla (Alocospira) olive snail
Ancillaria papillata
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Zeapollia obliquecostata" = Cantharus (Zeapollia), "Austrosipho spatiosa" = Penion, Buccinulum semicostata
"Zeapollia obliquecostata" = Cantharus (Zeapollia) true whelk
Pisania obliquecostata
"Austrosipho spatiosa" = Penion true whelk
Siphonalia spatiosa
Buccinulum semicostata true whelk
Pisania semicostata
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Niotha sublirella" = Nassarius (Niotha)
"Niotha sublirella" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail
Nasa sublirella
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Eucithara glabra snail
Mangilia (Cythara) glabra
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Pervicacia subspectabilis" = Duplicaria (Pervicacia), "Noditerebra geniculata" = Duplicaria, Spineoterebra convexiuscula
"Pervicacia subspectabilis" = Duplicaria (Pervicacia) auger snail
Terebra subspectabilis
"Noditerebra geniculata" = Duplicaria auger snail
Terebra geniculata
Spineoterebra convexiuscula auger snail
Terebra convexiuscula
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lepsiella subreticulala murex snail
Ricinula subreticulala
Pterochelus trinodosus murex snail
Murex trinodosus
Murex crassiliratus Tate 1888 murex snail
Murex crassiliratus
Maculotriton rostrata murex snail
Pisania rostrata
Bedeva purpuroides murex snail
Peristernia purpuroides
Bedeva approximans murex snail
Peristernia approximans
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Harpella gemmata" = Lyria (Harpella)
"Harpella gemmata" = Lyria (Harpella) volute
Lyria gemmata
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sydaphera modestina snail
Cancellaria modestina
Sydaphera wannonensis snail
Cancellaria wannonensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Antephalium muelleri" = Semicassis (Antephalium)
"Antephalium muelleri" = Semicassis (Antephalium) snail
Semicassis muelleri
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Vernotriton ovoideus" = Cymatiella
"Vernotriton ovoideus" = Cymatiella triton shell
Triton ovoideus
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea jonesiana" = Notocypraea jonesiana
"Cypraea jonesiana" = Notocypraea jonesiana Tate 1890 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
"Erato (Eratopsis) illota n. sp." = Proterato (Sulcerato) illota
"Erato (Eratopsis) illota n. sp." = Proterato (Sulcerato) illota Tate 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Dissochilus vitreus periwinkle
Dissochilus vitreus
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina longispira barrel-bubble
Tornatina longispira
Acteocina pachyptycha barrel-bubble
Tornatina pachyptycha
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Rhizorus tatei snail
Volvulella tatei
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
"Patellanax hamiltonensis" = Scutellastra
"Patellanax hamiltonensis" = Scutellastra limpet
Patelloida hamiltonensis
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia pumila Tate 1886 clam
Barbatia pumila
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona convexus Tate 1886 clam
Pectunculus convexus
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys subconvexus scallop
Pecten subconvexus
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea manubriata Tate 1887 oyster
Ostrea manubriata
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes linguatulus mussel
Mytilus linguatulus
 Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora praelonga Tate 1887 clam
Myodora praelonga
Myadora corrugata Tate 1887 clam
Myodora corrugata
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas tiara clam
Barnea tiara
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
Montacuta sericea Tate 1887 clam
Montacuta sericea
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venerupis paupertina Tate 1887 venus clam
Venerupis paupertina
Placamen subroborata venus clam
Chione subroborata
Bassina paucirugata venus clam
Cytherea paucirugata
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra axiniformis Tate 1887 clam
Mactra axiniformis
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina ralphi Finlay 1927 tellin clam
Tellina aequilatera
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari aequalis Tate 1885 clam
Psammobia aequalis
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sordidus Tate 1887 clam
Solen sordidus
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita compta Tate 1886 clam
Mytilicardia compta
"Arcturellina solida" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) clam
Cardita solida
Pleuromeris pecten Tate 1886 clam
Cardita pecten
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Scaeoleda acinaciformis Tate 1886 pointed nut clam
Leda acinaciformis
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila infans tusk shell
Cadulus (Gadila) infans
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sectiforme tusk shell
Dentalium (Graptacme) sectiforme