NB 9449 - 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 72100: 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.
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina scabra Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Marginella (Eratoidea) cf. karikalensis" = Eratoidea, Cryptospira tricincta
"Marginella (Eratoidea) cf. karikalensis" = Eratoidea margin shell
Cryptospira tricincta margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius cf. verbeeki Martin 1895 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula nelliae Smith 1877 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda (Thestyleda) aff. ramsayi" = Nuculana (Thestyleda) ramsayi, "Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa
"Leda (Thestyleda) aff. ramsayi" = Nuculana (Thestyleda) ramsayi Smith 1885 pointed nut clam
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa Hanley 1860 pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella radiata Sowerby 1825 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 aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata
"Corbula aff. fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith 1879 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara, Timoclea bataviana, Paphia ? textile, "Pitar ? belcheri" = Tapes (Tapes) belcheri, "Gouldia jucunda" = Gafrarium jucunda
"Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Timoclea bataviana venus clam
Paphia ? textile Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Pitar ? belcheri" = Tapes (Tapes) belcheri Sowerby 1852 venus clam
"Gouldia jucunda" = Gafrarium jucunda Smith 1885 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Arcopagia martensi, "Arcopagia (Pinguitellina) pudica" = Arcopagia pudica
Arcopagia martensi tellin clam
"Arcopagia (Pinguitellina) pudica" = Arcopagia pudica Hanley 1844 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
"Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) sp." = Cardiomya
"Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) sp." = Cardiomya Adams 1864 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp., ""Pecten" leopardus" = Annachlamys flabellatus, "Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
""Pecten" leopardus" = Annachlamys flabellatus Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata Forsskal 1775 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara tambacana, "Arcopsis sculptilis" = Striarca sculptilis
Anadara tambacana Martin 1883 ark
"Arcopsis sculptilis" = Striarca sculptilis Reeve 1844 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae