Where: Indonesia (1.0° N, 119.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 120.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Menkrawit Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Late Miocene according to Skwarko (1994); Middle Miocene based on correlation table of Shuto (1975), which is favored here as it accounts for mollusca and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, rather than historic age assignments.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Beets. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).
Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70107: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Callocardia (Atopodonta) sawitrae venus clam | |
"Nemocardium (Discors) rutteni" = Discors, Trachycardium denticostulatum
"Nemocardium (Discors) rutteni" = Discors cockle | |
Anadara (Anadara) mangkalihatensis Beets 1941 ark | |
Chlamys menkrawitensis Beets 1941 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Colina (Ischnocerithium) menkrawitense cerith snail
Cerithium mangkalihatense cerith snail | |
Plesiotrochus tomlini snail | |
"Erronea (Adusta) kamai" = Pustularia kamai, Barycypraea suryai
"Erronea (Adusta) kamai" = Pustularia kamai Beets 1941 cowry
Barycypraea suryai Beets 1942 cowry | |
Conus menkrawitensis cone shell | |
Clavatula berauensis snail | |
Strioterebrum ardjunoi auger snail
Strioterebrum indrai auger snail
Strioterebrum mangkalihatensis auger snail | |
"Marginella (Volvarina) berauensis" = Volvarina, Marginella (Canalispira) indrai
"Marginella (Volvarina) berauensis" = Volvarina margin shell
Marginella (Canalispira) indrai margin shell | |
"Pusia (Pusia) ardjunoi" = Vexillum (Pusia), "Pusia (Pusiolina) escheri" = Vexillum (Pusia), "Pusia (Pusiolina) menkrawitensis" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia (Pusia) ardjunoi" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre
"Pusia (Pusiolina) escheri" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre
"Pusia (Pusiolina) menkrawitensis" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre | |
Mitra (Chysame) ardjunoi mitre shell
Mitra (Chysame) bayeri mitre shell
Mitra (Chysame) mitrai mitre shell
Mitra (Chysame) semarai mitre shell | |
"Thalotia (Beraua) erinaceus" = Cantharidus (Beraua) erinaceus
"Thalotia (Beraua) erinaceus" = Cantharidus (Beraua) erinaceus Beets 1941 top snail | |
Turcia (Perrinia) suryai snail | |
Torinia (Torinia) mitrai snail | |