Where: South Australia, Australia (36.0° S, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 136.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Point Allen Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Point Allen Fm, lateral equivalent to the Burham Limestone. Of limited extent in distribution and deposited on irregular surfaces. The Point Allen Fm and Burnham Limestone rest unconformably on Hallett Cove Sandstone and its equivalents. THICKNESS: From a few centimetres to two metres. AGE: Early Pleistocene based on biostratigraphy and the age of bounding units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From throughout the formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: The list is a composite made by many collectors, mainly Chapman (1915), Wopfner (1964), Milnes and Cooper (1965), Milnes, Cooper anmd Ludbrook (1981, 1982). REPOSITORY: National Museum of Victoria (NMV) and Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA).
Primary reference: N.H. Ludbrook. 1983. Molluscan faunas of the Early Pleistocene Point Allen Formation and Burnham limestone, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(1):37-49 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63379: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea cf. angasi Sowerby 1846 oyster | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima" = Mimachlamys asperrima
"Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima" = Mimachlamys asperrima Lamarck 1819 scallop Subspecies: C. (C.) asperrima asperrima
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"Glycymeris (Tucetona) convexa" = Tucetona, Glycymeris (Veletuceta) pseudaustralis
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) convexa" = Tucetona clam | |
Cardita subdeceptiva clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Mactra cf. pura clam | |
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Timoclea (Veremolpa) kendricki venus clam
Gafrarium perornatum venus clam | |
Miltha hamptonensis, Anodontia sphericula, "Linga (Bellucina) praetermissa n. sp." = Cardiolucina praetermissa, ? Callucina lacteola
Miltha hamptonensis Ludbrook 1969 clam
Anodontia sphericula Basedow 1902 clam
"Linga (Bellucina) praetermissa n. sp." = Cardiolucina praetermissa Ludbrook 1983 clam
? Callucina lacteola Tate 1897 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium latesulcatum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Siphonaria (Hubendickula) baconi pulmonate | |
Campanile symbolicum Iredale 1917 snail | |
Hipponix (Antisabia) erma hoof shell
Hipponix (Sabia) conicus Schumacher 1817 hoof shell | |
Bembicium melanostoma periwinkle
Bembicium nanum Lamarck 1822 periwinkle | |
Amoria (Amoria) grayi volute | |
Sydaphera undulata snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Niotha pyrrhus" = Nassarius (Niotha)
"Niotha pyrrhus" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail | |
Cominella eburnea true whelk | |
Cymatiella verrucosa triton shell | |
Polinices (Conuber) conicus Lamarck 1822 moon snail | |
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Gazameda iredalei Finlay 1927 turret shell | |
Diala lauta Adams 1862 snail | |
Diastoma adelaidense snail
Diastoma melanoides snail | |
"Batillaria (Zeacumantus) diemenensis" = Zeacumantus
"Batillaria (Zeacumantus) diemenensis" = Zeacumantus horn snail | |
Monilea euclensis, Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) eximius, Diloma (Fractarmilla) rudis, Diloma (Fractarmilla) concamerata
Monilea euclensis top snail
Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) eximius Perry 1811 top snail
Diloma (Fractarmilla) rudis top snail
Diloma (Fractarmilla) concamerata top snail | |
Turbo (Ninella) torquatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Phasianella angasi snail
Phasianella australis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Clypidina (Montfortula) rugosa Quoy 1834 snail | |
Nerita milnesi snail | |
Patella (Scutellastra) peronii Blainville 1825 limpet | |
Patelloida nigrosulcata limpet |