Myaungu (Sitsayan stage) (Oligocene of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (20.5° N, 94.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.1° N, 100.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sitsayan Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC DATA: Unknown stratigraphic data other than approximating Stampian in age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Unknown.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Include R. Bahadur, S. R. Rau, and the Burma Oil Co. and British Burma Petroleum Co. REPOSITORY: Unknown, probably Geological Survey of India, or BMNH.

Primary reference: E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83-129 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76599: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Only include taxonomic groups (families of gastropoda and bivalvia) described in various articles entered. NOMENCLATURE: Antiquated, but designated to species and subgenus resolution in authoritative publication, and can be revised with more recent publications (e.g. Murkejee, 1939; Harzhauser, 2007).
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio decipiens1
Distorsio decipiens1 Reeve 1844 snail
SUBSPECIES: P. reticulata subclathrata
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Duplicaria) maunguensis n. sp.3, Terebra (Myurella) promensis n. sp.3
Terebra (Duplicaria) maunguensis n. sp.3 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
Terebra (Myurella) promensis n. sp.3 Vredenburg 1921 auger snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella pinfoldi n. sp.2
Turritella pinfoldi n. sp.2 Vredenburg 1921 turret shell
1Harzhauser et al. 2009; 2Vredenburg 1921; 3Vredenburg 1921