WK 401 - 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 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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia, other taxa possibly present include corals and echinoderms, but these are not listed specifically. IDENTIFIER: Identified by L. E. Cox (1948). NOMENCLATURE: Variable, ranging from antiquated to relatively modern, mostly with subgenus and species level assignments.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa
"Leda (Jupiteria) aff. confusa" = Nuculana (Nuculana) confusa Hanley 1860 pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"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
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cuspidata tellin clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium
"Amussium (Pseudentolium) borneanum" = Amusium scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Erosaria sabahensis" = Erosaria (Erosaria) sabahensis Cox 1948 cowry
Erronea (Adusta) cowiei Cox 1948 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
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
"Laevistrombus varinginensis" = Strombus (Laevistrombus) conch
COMMENTS: Multiple subspecies
"Dolomena togopiensis" = Strombus (Dolomena) conch
"Dolomena labiosus" = Strombus (Dolomena) conch
SUBSPECIES: D. labiosus teschi
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora solarioides carrier shell
SUBSPECIES: X. solarioides jezzleri
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna zonata tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Lampusia pileare" = Monoplex pilearis, Ranularia aff. clavator, "Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum, "Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum
"Lampusia pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell
"Gyrineum spinosum" = Gyrineum triton shell
"Apollon bituberculare" = Gyrineum triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"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
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mucronatus cone shell
Conus sulcatus cone shell
SUBSPECIES: C. sulcatus vierki
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula nelliae Smith 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Anazola) subulata Reeve 1858 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa, "Aulica aulica" = Cymbiola
"Lyria jugosa" = Lyria (Harpeola) jugosa Sowerby 1839 volute
"Aulica aulica" = Cymbiola volute
SUBSPECIES: A. aulica martini
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Cryptospira pilzi margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Pterynotus pinnatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus Swainson 1822 mustached bat
Murex trapa murex snail
Murex bataviana murex snail
Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina (Phosinella) clathrata Adams 1853 snail
SUBSPECIES: R. (P.) clathrata beetsi
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Clava attenuatum" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava attenuatum" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
SUBSPECIES: C. attenuatum reinhardi
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica modesta sundial
SUBSPECIES: A. modesta rutteni