Where: Victoria, Australia (38.7° S, 143.2° E: paleocoordinates 61.5° S, 147.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pebble Point Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. A. Darragh. 1997. Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, and new Bivalvia of the Paleocene Pebble Point Formation, Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(1):57-108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 6268: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 15.02.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Conominolia parvistrigulata n. sp.
Conominolia parvistrigulata n. sp. snail | |
Cirsochilus pilulatus n. sp.
Cirsochilus pilulatus n. sp. snail | |
Calliotropis microglyptophorus n. sp. snail | |
Naticidae indet., Euspira saxosulensis n. sp.
Euspira saxosulensis n. sp. moon snail | |
? Levifusus quadrifunifer n. sp.
? Levifusus quadrifunifer n. sp. snail | |
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? Austrofusus crassiaulatus n. sp.
? Austrofusus crassiaulatus n. sp. true whelk | |
Columbarium rugatoides n. sp.
Columbarium rugatoides n. sp. snail | |
Marshallaria tumefacta n. sp.
Marshallaria tumefacta n. sp. cone shell | |
Opalia ? sp. Adams and Adams 1853 wentletrap | |
Colposigma uniangulata n. sp.
Colposigma uniangulata n. sp. turret shell | |
Tornatellaea quindecimlirata n. sp.
Tornatellaea quindecimlirata n. sp. snail | |
Gilbertina meridiana n. sp.
Gilbertina meridiana n. sp. snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium gracilicostatum tusk shell | |
Compressidens laticornuata n. sp.
Compressidens laticornuata n. sp. tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aturoidea distans Teichert 1943 | |
Eutrephoceras victorianum Teichert 1943 | |
Bivalvia | |
Cuspidaria obbata n. sp.
Cuspidaria obbata n. sp. clam | |
Limea multicostulifera n. sp.
Limea multicostulifera n. sp. file clam |