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:
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 72099: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Triphoris micans" = Triphora
"Triphoris micans" = Triphora snail | |
Cryptospira tricincta margin shell
Cryptospira pilzi margin shell
"Marginella (Eratoidea) cf. karikalensis" = Eratoidea margin shell | |
"Neosimnia javana" = Volva javana
"Neosimnia javana" = Volva javana Martin 1899 snail | |
Sulcoretusa concentrica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita javana clam | |
Crassatella radiata Sowerby 1825 clam | |
"Lucina (Pleurolucina) aff. pisum" = Lucina semperiana
"Lucina (Pleurolucina) aff. pisum" = Lucina semperiana Issel 1869 clam | |
"Vasticardium lacunosum" = Trachycardium lacunosum
"Vasticardium lacunosum" = Trachycardium lacunosum Reeve 1845 cockle | |
Macoma cuspidata tellin clam
Semelangulus tenuilirata Sowerby 1867 Fine-ridged Tellen | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Timoclea subnodulosa" = Tawera subnodulosa, "Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara, "Pitar belcheri" = Tapes (Tapes) belcheri
"Timoclea subnodulosa" = Tawera subnodulosa Hanley 1844 venus clam
"Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
"Pitar belcheri" = Tapes (Tapes) belcheri Sowerby 1852 venus clam | |
"Miocardia vulgaris" = Meiocardia
"Miocardia vulgaris" = Meiocardia clam | |
"Corbula modesta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taheitensis, "Corbula aff. scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides, "Corbula aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata
"Corbula modesta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taheitensis Lamarck 1818 clam
"Corbula aff. scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides Hinds 1843 clam
"Corbula aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith 1879 clam | |
Myadora trigona Reeve 1844 clam | |
Chlamys singaporina, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
Chlamys singaporina scallop
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
Lima lima, "Lima (Limaria) aff. orientalis" = Limaria orientalis
"Lima (Limaria) aff. orientalis" = Limaria orientalis Adams 1850 file clam | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata Forsskal 1775 clam | |
"Arcopsis sculptilis" = Striarca sculptilis, Anadara tambacana
"Arcopsis sculptilis" = Striarca sculptilis Reeve 1844 clam
Anadara tambacana Martin 1883 ark | |
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. fulgida" = Jupiteria, "Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. fulgida" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa Hanley 1860 pointed nut clam |