NB 9454 - Togopi Fm (Pliocene to of Malaysia)

Where: Malaysia (5.5° N, 117.0° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 117.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Togopi Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Togopi Fm. Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. THICKNESS: Unit of unknown thickness. Collections assumed to be from individual beds. AGE: Debated. Cox (1948) suggested a Pliocene, if not Late Miocene age; Nuttall (1961) suggested Quaternary, but possibly Pliocene; Nuttall (1965) suggested a Plio-Pleistocene age. A Pliocene-Pleistocene age is assigned here. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

• ENVIRONMENT: From rather shallow water, possibly in carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithology not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithology.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Collected by N. S. Haile (c. 1950's). REPOSITORY: Unknown. NB....may well stand for some repository.

Primary reference: W. Hashimoto. 1982. Preliminary notes on fossil records of East Malaysia and Brunei. Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia 137-175 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72096: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia, other taxa possibly present include corals and echinoderms, but these are not listed specifically. IDENTIFIER: Identified by C. P. Nuttall (1961). NOMENCLATURE: Variable, ranging from antiquated to relatively modern, mostly with subgenus and species level assignments.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara tambacana Martin 1883 ark
"Arcopsis sculptilis" = Striarca sculptilis Reeve 1844 clam
Trisidos semitorta Lamarck 1819 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium, Amusium hulshofi, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium scallop
Amusium hulshofi Martin 1883 scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Pectinida - Placunidae
"Placenta ephippium" = Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium
"Placenta ephippium" = Placuna (Ephippium) ephippium Philipsson 1788 scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita javana, "Cardita ovalis" = Cardites ovalis
"Cardita ovalis" = Cardites ovalis Rosenberg et al. 2006 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina (Here) gemma" = Here, "Lucina (Pleurolucina) aff. pisum" = Lucina semperiana
"Lucina (Here) gemma" = Here clam
"Lucina (Pleurolucina) aff. pisum" = Lucina semperiana Issel 1869 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula crassa" = Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa, "Corbula aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata
"Corbula crassa" = Corbula (Serracorbula) crassa Hinds 1843 clam
"Corbula aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith 1879 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macalia bruguieri Hanley 1844 tellin clam
"Macoma (Psammacoma) galathea" = Macoma (Macoma) galathea Lamarck 1818 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Gari pallida" = Gari (Gari) pallida
"Gari pallida" = Gari (Gari) pallida Deshayes 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona chemnitzi" = Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii, Timoclea bataviana, Dosinia histrio, "Paphia cf. amabilis" = Paphia (Paphia) amabilis, "Paphia undulata" = Paphia (Paphia) undulata, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
"Antigona chemnitzi" = Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii Hanley 1844 Chemnitz's Venus
Timoclea bataviana venus clam
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Paphia cf. amabilis" = Paphia (Paphia) amabilis Philippi 1847 venus clam
"Paphia undulata" = Paphia (Paphia) undulata Born 1778 venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula aff. trigonella" = Spisula (Notospisula) trigonella
"Spisula aff. trigonella" = Spisula (Notospisula) trigonella Lamarck 1818 Trigonal Mactra
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
"Cuspidaria (Plectodon) sp." = Plectodon
"Cuspidaria (Plectodon) sp." = Plectodon Carpenter 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Clava jonkeri Martin 1879 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella terebra" = Turritella (Turritella) terebra Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: T. terebra kendengensis and T. terebra spectrum
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
SUBSPECIES: N. vitellus vitellus and N. vitellus helvacea
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
"Neosimnia javana" = Volva javana
"Neosimnia javana" = Volva javana Martin 1899 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra (Tiara) flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea
"Mitra (Tiara) flammea" = Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Quoy 1832 mitre shell
SUBSPECIES: M. (T.) fammea interlirata
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Eburna spirata" = Babylonia spirata Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius cf. verbeeki Martin 1895 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Anazola) subulata Reeve 1858 olive snail
Oliva cf. carneola Gmelin 1791 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Gemmula (Unedogemmula) sp." = Unedogemmula, Turris cf. crispa
"Gemmula (Unedogemmula) sp." = Unedogemmula MacNeil 1960 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus mucronatus cone shell
"Conus djarianensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) djarianensis Martin 1895 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Cryptospira tricincta, Cryptospira pilzi, "Marginella (Eratoidea) cf. karikalensis" = Eratoidea
Cryptospira pilzi margin shell
"Marginella (Eratoidea) cf. karikalensis" = Eratoidea margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex ternispina murex snail
Murex trapa murex snail
Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 murex snail
Thais (Stramonita) aff. carinifera Lamarck 1822 murex snail
"Pterynotus pinnatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus Swainson 1822 mustached bat
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Rimella crispata" = Varicospira crispata, "Rimella cancellata" = Varicospira cancellata
"Rimella crispata" = Varicospira crispata Sowerby 1842 snail
"Rimella cancellata" = Varicospira cancellata Lamarck 1816 snail
SUBSPECIES: R. cancellata spinifera
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Laevistrombus varinginensis" = Strombus (Laevistrombus)
"Laevistrombus varinginensis" = Strombus (Laevistrombus) conch
SUBSPECIES: L. varinginensis varinginensis and L. varinginensis martini
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum, "Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum
"Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum triton shell
"Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora calculifera Reeve 1842 carrier shell