Locality 4x, Bahay River, Philippines - Popenoe and Kleinpell (1978): Pliocene, Philippines

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Compsodrillia ? torvita
r category
Crassispira pseudoprincipalis
r category
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia fusus
r category
Strombus madiuensis
c category
Strombus gendiganensis
r category
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Dientomochilus crispatus (Sowerby 1842)
r category
recombined as Varicospira crispata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra interlirata
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alectrion euglyptus
r category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
Alectrion verbeeki
r category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
? Alectrion sordida
c category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena galeodes (Lamarck 1843)
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus ngavianus
r category
Conus kieneri
a category
Conus figulinus Linnaeus 1758
r category
recombined as Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra pamotanensis
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lophiotoma gendinganensis
c category
Gemmula speciosa
r category
Gemmula monilifera
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum formosense
r category
Vexillum vulpecula
r category
Vexillum amanda Reeve 1845
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella ? karikalensis
r category
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Apollon bitubercularis
r category
synonym of Gyrineum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799
r category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus 1767)
r category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Placamen isabellina
r category
see common names

Geography
Country:Philippines State/province:Tayabas
Coordinates: 13.0° North, 122.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.0° North, 122.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vigo Member:Canguinsa Sandstone
Local section:4x
Regional section:Bahay River
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: In yellow sandstone about 50 ft stratigraphically above the lignitic strata of locality 5. Overlies Maglihi Shale (1000-2000 ft thick) and is overlain by the Malumbang Limestone (100-200 ft thick). the Canguinsa Sandstone is 500-1200 ft thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellow sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Disturbed by minor faulting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS,UCMP
Collection method comments: Collections held in UCB (UC- Berkeley), CAS (Cal. Acad. Sci.) and UCLA
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca. Forams, algae, mammals also mentioned in text, but not listed.
Metadata
Also known as:Locality 4x
Database number:41525
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-15 22:20:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-15 22:20:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11125. W.P. Popenoe and R. M. Kleinpell. 1978. Age and stratigraphic significance for Lyellian correlation of the fauna of the Vigo Formation, Luzon, Phillipines. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 129:1-73 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]