CIT Loc. 1390 - Bahay River [Canguinsa Sandstone, Vigo Fm]: Pliocene, Philippines

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium scalare
r category
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavus pfefferi
a category
original and current combination Rhinoclavis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices informal sp. a Monfort 1810
r category
Polinices solida
r category
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Apollon bitubercularis
r category
synonym of Gyrineum
Cymatium ? gracile (Reeve 1844)
r category
synonym of Reticutriton pfeifferianus
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea poraria Linnaeus 1758
r category
recombined as Erosaria poraria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum cf. amanda Reeve 1845
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria verbeeki
r category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alectrion gaudiosus
r category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
Alectrion crenulatus
r category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
Arcularia thersites
c category
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Arcularia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula speciosa
r category
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Dientomochilus crispatus (Sowerby 1842)
a category
recombined as Varicospira crispata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica maxima (Philippi 1849)
r category
recombined as Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia informal sp. B Möller 1842
c category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula lamellata
r category
Corbula fortisulcata Smith 1879
a category
recombined as Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata
Corbula "scaphoides" Hinds 1843
c category
recombined as Aloidis scaphoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Cycladicama oblonga
a category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia euglypta
c category
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825
r category
recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amussium ? pleuronectes
r category
corrected as Amusium
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca olivacea
r category
"Striarca sinensis"
r category
Anadara biformis (Martin 1883)
r category
see common names

Geography
Country:Philippines State/province:Tayabas
Coordinates: 13.0° North, 122.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.9° North, 122.7° 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 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vigo Member:Canguinsa Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Blue gray sandy marls. 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:very coarse sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Gritty sandstones
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:LACM
Collection method comments: Collected by Popenoe, Pomania, and Albis (1937)
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca. Forams, algae, mammals also mentioned in text, but not listed.
Metadata
Also known as:LACMIP Loc. 10607
Database number:41529
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-15 22:22:07 Last modified:2016-02-29 00:08:53
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-15 22:22:07
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]