PBDB Collection

Evans Head (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (29.1° S, 153.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• last interglacial period. Radiometric dating by Pickett et al. (1989)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• sheltered area, probably not more than 10 m deep

• muddy sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Pickett. 1981. A Late Pleistocene coral fauna from Evans Head, N.S.W. Alcheringa 5:71-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84621: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Gabinarca pellita Gabinarca pellita
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Ustularca cruciata renuta Ustularca cruciata renuta clam
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina (Arcopagia) victoriae botanica Tellina (Arcopagia) victoriae botanica tellin clam
unclassified
-	Plecatrema "sp. A" Plecatrema "sp. A"
Foraminifera
Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae	Elphidium sp. Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae	Ammonia beccarii Ammonia beccarii
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria sp., "Turbinaria danae" = Turbinaria frondens Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral "Turbinaria danae" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	"Catalaphyllia plicata" = Catalaphyllia jardinei "Catalaphyllia plicata" = Catalaphyllia jardinei Saville Kent 1893 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora sp., "Acropora cf. splendida" = Acropora valenciennesi, Montipora sp. Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral "Acropora cf. splendida" = Acropora valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora hystrix Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Hydnophora exesa, Cyphastrea serailia, Mycedium elephantotus, Platygyra lamellina, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Favites abdita Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral Mycedium elephantotus Pallas 1766 stony coral Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	"Fungia actiniformis" = Heliofungia actiniformis, Fungia fungites "Fungia actiniformis" = Heliofungia actiniformis Quoi and Gaimard 1833 stony coral Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites lobata, Goniopora cf. lobata Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral Goniopora cf. lobata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Bivalvia
Cardiida - Chamidae	Chama sp. Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Septifer bilocularis, Trichomya hirsuta Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel Trichomya hirsuta mussel
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna incurva Pinna incurva Gmelin 1791 oyster
Gastropoda
Basommatophora - Siphonariidae	Siphonaria sp. Siphonaria sp. Sowerby 1824 pulmonate
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Spirobranchus giganteus Spirobranchus giganteus associated with Pocillopora