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 Wenk. Most of the Wenk collection is apparently now lost (in transit). REPOSITORY: Unknown.
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 72102: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa Hanley 1860 pointed nut clam | |
"Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara, Timoclea bataviana, "Gouldia jucunda" = Gafrarium jucunda, "Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta
"Chione tiara" = Placamen tiara Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Timoclea bataviana venus clam
"Gouldia jucunda" = Gafrarium jucunda Smith 1885 venus clam
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus | |
Macoma cuspidata tellin clam | |
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium scallop | |
Barbatia wenki clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
"Erosaria sabahensis" = Erosaria (Erosaria) sabahensis, Erronea (Adusta) posewitzi, Erronea (Adusta) cowiei
"Erosaria sabahensis" = Erosaria (Erosaria) sabahensis Cox 1948 cowry
Erronea (Adusta) posewitzi Cox 1948 cowry
Erronea (Adusta) cowiei Cox 1948 cowry | |
Tibia wenki, Terebellum terebellum, "Labiostrombus denti" = Strombus (Labiostrombus), "Laevistrombus varinginensis" = Strombus (Laevistrombus), "Dolomena togopiensis" = Strombus (Dolomena), "Dolomena labiosus" = Strombus (Dolomena)
Tibia wenki true conch
Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus 1758 true conch
"Labiostrombus denti" = Strombus (Labiostrombus) conch
"Dolomena togopiensis" = Strombus (Dolomena) conch | |
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Tonna zonata tun shell | |
"Lampusia pileare" = Monoplex pilearis, Ranularia aff. clavator, "Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum, "Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum
"Lampusia pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell
Ranularia aff. clavator triton shell
"Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum triton shell
"Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum triton shell | |
"Phalium bisulcata" = Semicassis bisulcata, "Phalium dalrymplei" = Semicassis bisulcata
"Phalium bisulcata" = Semicassis bisulcata Schubert and Wagner 1829 snail
"Phalium dalrymplei" = Semicassis bisulcata Schubert and Wagner 1829 snail | |
Conus mucronatus cone shell
Conus aff. ngavianus cone shell | |
Clavus unifasciata snail | |
Turricula nelliae Smith 1877 snail | |
Turris garnousii turrid | |
Oliva (Anazola) subulata Reeve 1858 olive snail | |
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa, "Aulica aulica" = Cymbiola
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute | |
Cryptospira tricincta margin shell
Cryptospira pilzi margin shell | |
"Pterynotus pinnatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Murex trapa, Murex bataviana, Murex macgillivrayi
"Pterynotus pinnatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus Swainson 1822 mustached bat
Murex trapa murex snail
Murex bataviana murex snail
Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 murex snail | |
Vexillum cf. taeniatum ribbed mitre | |
Fusinus menengtenganus snail | |
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"Clava attenuatum" = Rhinoclavis
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