near Citalahab (Miocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Tjitalahab

Where: West Java, Indonesia (7.5° S, 108.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 110.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: N13 nannofossil zone, Lower Member (Nyalindung Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• The reported Late/late Middle Miocene planktonic foraminifers identified by LEMIGAS (Indonesian Petroleum and Gas Department) indicate zone N13 or F12 Ma (Baumann, 1972; Baumann et al., 1973), with conversion from Neogene Zonation to absolute age based on Saito (1999). Also, a Middle Miocene age is indicated by foraminifers such as Orbulina universa and Globigerinoides subquadratus (Aswan and Zaim, 1998). In this study we also estimate it to be Middle Miocene in age based on planktonic foraminifers; it contains such as Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina, Gds. obliquus and O. universa which are found in the lower part of this section in bed dAT (Dr Tsunemasa Saito, Tokyo Research Institution, pers. comm.). The formation was deposited in shallow marine to terrestrial environments, and grades laterally into the Bojonglopang Member of Cimandiri Formation, which is partly covered by Beser Formation (Sukamto, 1990). We infer therefore that the geological age of the Nyalindung Formation in this section is late Middle Miocene.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone and calcareous sandstone

• contains diverse shallow marine mollusks such as conid, cerithiid and nassariid gastropods, arcid and tridacnid bivalves, and branching corals, suggesting a deposition in a tropical lower intertidal to upper subtidal environment
• The lower to middle part of the formation consists of dark sandy siltstone and calcareous sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Leloux and F. P. Wesselingh. 2009. Types of Cenozoic Mollusca from Java in the Martin Collection of Naturalis. NNM Technical Bulletin 11:1-765 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179626: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

• diverse shallow marine mollusks such as conid, cerithiid and nassariid gastropods, arcid and tridacnid bivalves, and branching corals
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia -
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
"Mathilda njalindungensis" = Mathilda (Mathilda) njalindungensis
"Mathilda njalindungensis" = Mathilda (Mathilda) njalindungensis Martin 1921 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
"Triphora (Inella) javana" = Inella
"Triphora (Inella) javana" = Inella snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Sassia (Cymatiella) fennemai" = Cymatiella
"Sassia (Cymatiella) fennemai" = Cymatiella triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Costellaria ickei" = Vexillum (Costellaria) ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Pleurotoma (Surcula) sucabumiana" = Turricula
"Pleurotoma (Surcula) sucabumiana" = Turricula snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis, "Chelyconus dingleanus" = Conus (Chelyoconus), Chelyconus jenkinsi
"Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis Martin 1895 cone shell
"Chelyconus dingleanus" = Conus (Chelyoconus) cone shell
Chelyconus jenkinsi Martin 1879 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Niotha talahabensis" = Nassarius (Niotha)
"Niotha talahabensis" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Barycypraea murisimilis Martin 1879 cowry
"Cypraea caputviperae" = Barycypraea caputviperae Martin 1899 cowry
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) producta Martin 1922 turret shell
Turritella (Turritella) terebra Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
Turritella (Turritella) terebra talahabensis
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Taxonia djampangtengahensis Martin 1899 cerith snail
Taxonia (Taxonia) talahabensis Martin 1899 cerith snail
? Clypeomorus preangerensis Martin 1899 cerith snail
Clypeomorus (Clypeomorus) fennemai Martin 1899 cerith snail
"Tympanotonus (Tateiwaia) beberkirianus" = Cerithium (Tympanotonus) cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha (Lopha) folium" = Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea lingua" = Gyrostrea lingua
"Ostrea lingua" = Gyrostrea lingua Sowerby 1840 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia talahabensis Martin 1922 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys talahabensis Martin 1922 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Lioconcha ickeae venus clam
"Callistotapes neglecta" = Paphia (Callistotapes) venus clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Psammobia preangerensis" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia preangerensis" = Gari (Psammobia) clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Austromacoma talahabensis" = Macoma (Austromacoma) tellin clam
Tellina ickeae tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium talahabense Martin 1922 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis" = Nucula njalindungensis
"Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis" = Nucula njalindungensis Martin 1919 nut clam