Bootenall Limestone, Tamala Formation, Cape Burney (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3810

Where: Western Australia, Australia (28.9° S, 114.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 114.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bootenall Member (Tamala Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 120-132 ka (ESR), development during terminal stage of coastal trangression during the last interglacial period (Oxygen Isotope Substage 5e)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• fringing reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. E. Johnson, B. G. Baarli, and J. H. Scott, Jr. 1995. Colonization and reef growth on a Late Pleistocene rocky shore and shore abrasion platform in Western Australia. Lethaia 28(1):85-98 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81106: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 05.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
uncommon
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
rare
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Gloripallium pallium Linnaeus 1758 royal cloak scallop
rare
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia pistachia Lamarck 1819 clam
common
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachiodontes ustulatus mussel
very common
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
rare
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis sp. Linnaeus 1758 abalone
rare
 Patellogastropoda -
Patelloidea saccharina limpet
common
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella peronii Blainville 1825 limpet
common
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva oliva" = Oliva (Oliva) oliva
"Oliva oliva" = Oliva (Oliva) oliva Linnaeus 1758 olive snail
very common
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais orbita murex snail
very common
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa francolina true whelk
common
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene bidentata snail
common
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus dorreensis cone shell
common
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nodulosus cerith snail
rare
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Rhizotrochus tuberculatus Tenison Woods 1879 stony coral
common
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
[sp.1+sp.2] common to rare
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
rare
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
rare