Walpole, north: Priabonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
Cerithiella limula n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Newtoniellidae
Ataxocerithium otopleuroides n. sp. Darragh 2017
Ataxocerithium multicostulatum n. sp. Darragh 2017
Ataxocerithium venustulum n. sp. Darragh 2017
Ataxocerithium biaulax n. sp. Darragh 2017
Trituba sp. Jousseaume 1884
Trituba (Granulotriforis) umboseriata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Eumetula sp. Thiele 1912
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Inella moniliferata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Inella dauciformis n. sp. Darragh 2017
? Viriola sp. Jousseaume 1884
Mastoniaeforis pagodiformis n. sp. Darragh 2017
Costatophora pulcherrima n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsidae indet. Adams and Adams 1853
? Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Seila stenopyrgisca n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoidae indet. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Phenacovolva sp. Iredale 1930
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Willungia ovulatella (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Triviella pompholugota (Tate 1890)
recombined as Semitrivia pompholugota
Archierato pyrulata (Tate 1890)
original and current combination Erato (Erato) pyrulata
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zoila viathomsoni Darragh 2011
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Belloliva canaliculata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda (Gracilispira) ligata (Tate 1889)
recombined as Gracilispira ligata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Eratoidea fusoides n. sp. Darragh 2017
Cryptospira hordeastra n. sp. Darragh 2017
Serrata cf. mala (Cotton 1949)
original and current combination Marginella mala
Ovaginella arenula n. sp. Darragh 2017
Ovaginella mumiformis n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex ? tridentatus (Tate 1888)
Attiliosa arenaria n. sp. Darragh 2017
Timbellus calvus (Tate 1888)
Dermomurex sp. Monterosato 1890
Dermomurex silicatus n. sp. Darragh 2017
Coralliophila sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Laevityphis ludbrookae (Keen and Campbell 1964)
original and current combination Laevityphis (Laevityphis) ludbrookae
Ocenebra prionotus (Tate 1888)
original and current combination Murex prionotus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Mitreola salaputium Darragh 1989
Lyria craticulata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Notopeplum cf. protorhysum (Tate 1889)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra strombodiformis n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Microvoluta cf. subcrenularis (Tate 1889)
Microvoluta cf. complanata (Tate 1889)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Turehua sp. Marwick 1943
Semitriton sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826
Retizafra sp. Hedley 1913
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sculptilis (Tate 1888)
Austrolithes cf. incompositus (Tate 1888)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Pugilina sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Tasmeuthria arenicola n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Neoguraleus filiferus n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conorbis notialis n. sp. Darragh 2017
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Asperdaphne sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
? Splendrillia sp. Hedley 1922
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
? Comitas sp. Finlay 1926
Comitas silicicola n. sp. Darragh 2017
Comitas aldingensis (Powell 1944)
original and current combination Comitas (Carinocomitas) aldingensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Apiotoma sp. Cossmann 1889
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria fuscoamnica n. sp. Darragh 2017
Cordieria torquata n. sp. Darragh 2017
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia tortirostris
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Euspirocrommium sp. (Sacco 1890)
Tanea hamiltonensis (Tenison Woods 1879)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitoniidae indet. Berry 1910
Cirsotrema pleiophylla (Tate 1890)
Notacirsa lampra (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Cerithioderma tabulata (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima danae Tenison Woods 1879
? Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
? Curveulima sp. Laseron 1955
Niso kimberi Pritchard 1906
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Glyptozaria sp. Iredale 1924
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Clavocerithium kendricki n. sp. Darragh 2017
Pseudovertagus longbottomi n. sp. Darragh 2017
Orthochetus pagoda (Chapman and Crespin 1934)
Jetwoodsia nullarborica (Tate 1879)
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus ? occlusus Tenison Woods 1877
Thylacodes actinotus Tate 1893
recombined as Lilax actinotus
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cf. angustata (Cossman and Cossman 1897)
Cylichna cf. angustata (Cossman and Cossman 1897)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus (Torinista) darraghi Garrard 1978
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Pyrgiscus sp. Philippi 1841
spelled with current rank as Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus)
Syrnola sp. Adams 1860
Syrnola sp. Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Crosseola princeps (Tate 1890)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium mawsoni Ludbrook 1956
Fissidentalium mawsoni Ludbrook 1956
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
? Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
? Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 34.8° South, 116.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.8° South, 102.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Plantagenet Formation:Werillup Member:Pallinup Siltstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The Werillup Formation is regarded as late Middle Eocene. This is supported by the presence of the Dasycladcian algae, Larvana and Neomeris (Cockbain 1969) and the foraminifer Asterocylinia(Cockbain 1967). The Pallinup Siltstone is of similar age, again from the presence of the nautiloid Aturia clarkei and foraminifer reported by Backhouse (1969), Cockbain (1968a) and Quilty (1969). The foraminifers correspond with Ludbrook's "Tortachilla microfauna" (Cockbain 1968c).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,white lithified cherty/siliceous siltstone
Lithology description: Cockbain (1968c) described the Pallinup Siltstone as typically 'white, brown or red siltstone and spongolite.'
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Was laid down in a shallow transgressive sea with negligible input of terrigenous material, allowing sponges to thrive. The Pallinup Siltstone formed in a shallow shelf environment with well circulated water of normal marine salinity. They inferred a depth of deposition of 76 m but Pickett (1982) suggested this estimate might be too great. Churchill (1973) and Clarke (1994) inferred a depth of deposition of approximately 150 m. The estimates of depth of deposition by Darragh and Kendrick (1980) are therefore possibly conservative.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:WAM
Metadata
Database number:205816
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-10-23 15:40:14 Last modified:2019-10-23 15:40:14
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-23 15:40:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
70586. T. A. Darragh. 2017. Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32:29-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]