Senanivate quarry, Bangkok (6-7 m) (Holocene of Thailand)

Where: Thailand (13.8° N, 100.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 100.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit of Holoce age. THICKNESS: From 1 m thick unit within 18 m thick section. AGE: Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silty clay between 6 and 7 m within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, silty claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Muddy bottom just below low tide mark in a sheltered area.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey silty clay containing abundant molluscan remains. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, give age and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Collected by authors (Deheeradilok, Chaimanee, Piccoli, and Robba). REPOSITORY: Note stated, but presumably reposited in the collectionf of the Geological Survey Division of the Dept. of Mineral Resources, and possibly at the Instituto di Geologia, Padova Italia, and Dipartmento di Scienze della Terra, Milano, Italia.

Primary reference: P. Dheeradilok, N. Chaimanee, G. Piccoli and E. Robbia. 1984. On the Quaternary stratigraphy and fossls of Senanivate Housing Project area, Bangkok Metropolis. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 36:413-426 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67930: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropoda, mollusca and ichnofossils. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication but with fairly modern nomenclature, and subgenu assingments where provided. Many occurrences are not identified to species level.
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Saccostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata, Ostrea denselamellosa
"Saccostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria sp. Link 1807 file clam
 Pectinida - Placunidae
Placuna (Placuna) placenta Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
Anadara (Anadara) nodifera Martens 1860 ark
"Anadara (Anadara) ferruginea" = Anadara (Cunearca) ferruginea Reeve 1844 rusty ark
? Scapharca sp. Gray 1847 clam
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua (Siliqua) sp., "Cultellus (Cultellus) lacteus" = Cultellus maximus
Siliqua (Siliqua) sp. Mühlfeld 1811 clam
"Cultellus (Cultellus) lacteus" = Cultellus maximus Gmelin 1791 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vepricardium sinense Sowerby 1841 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (? Tellinides) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina (Moerella) sp. Fischer 1887 tellin clam
"Tellina (Angulus) juvenilis" = Angulus tellin clam
Psammotreta (Pseudometis) praerupta Salisbury 1934 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Paphia undulata" = Paphia (Paphia) undulata Born 1778 venus clam
Pelecyora sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
Curvemysella sp. Habe 1959 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula tunicata" = Aloidis tunicata
"Corbula tunicata" = Aloidis tunicata Hinds 1843 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Parthenina sp." = Chrysallida (Parthenina) Bucquoy et al. 1883 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula walshii slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Stenothyridae
Stenothyra sp. Benson 1856 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Cuma lacera" = Indothais lacera, Murex trapa
"Cuma lacera" = Indothais lacera Born 1778 murex snail
Murex trapa murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Noditerebra sp." = Duplicaria, Terebra sp.
"Noditerebra sp." = Duplicaria Dall 1908 auger snail
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius concinnus" = Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus Powys 1835 snail
Nassarius dorsatus Röding 1798 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica lineata" = Tanea lineata, Natica stellata, Natica vitellus, "Polinices didyma" = Glossaulax didyma
"Natica lineata" = Tanea lineata Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica stellata Hedley 1913 moon snail
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Polinices didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae