Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 115.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 115.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Minim Cove Member (Tamala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Kendrick et al. 1991 raised the Tamala Limestone to formation status to include both the Peppermint Grove Limestone and Minim Cove Mbr. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relations to other stratigraphic units as not mentioned in text. Immediately above PBDB# 63208, adn 20 ft above water level. AGE: Late Pleistocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by members of the Western Australia Naturalist's Club. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick. 1960. The fossil Mollusca of the Peppermint Grove Limestone, Swan River district or Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 7(3):53-66 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63209: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya), "Hormomya deltoidalis" = Brachidontes (Hormomya)
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch 1853 mussel
"Hormomya deltoidalis" = Brachidontes (Hormomya) mussel | |
Electroma cf. georgiana pearl oyster | |
Wallucina assimilis clam | |
Katelysia scalarina, Katelysia rhytiphora, Eumarcia fumigata, "Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce), Venerupis iris
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Katelysia rhytiphora Lamy 1937 venus clam
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce) venus clam
Venerupis iris venus clam | |
Fragum erugatum Tate 1889 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Notosetia nitens snail | |
Zeacumantus cerithium horn snail | |
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell | |
Bullaria botanica snail | |
Retusa apicina snail | |
Haminoea brevis snail |