Batavia Borehole IV (130-140 m) - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (6.2° S, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 107.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit and relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. 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 70089: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) helvacea Lamarck 1822 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
 Pectinida - Placunidae
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea (Ostrea) bataviana Martin 1909 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae