Pallinup Siltstone - Bremmer Basin: Late/Upper Eocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Carinastele sp.
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Gillechinus cudmorei
McNamara et al. 2008
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Danilia vialis
Gastropoda - Chilodontaidae
Agathodonta sp. Cossmann 1918
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochidae informal indet. A Rafinesque 1815
Trochidae informal indet. B Rafinesque 1815
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810
Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus Darragh and Kendrick 2000
Trochaclis stillata
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Calliostoma (Fautor) numapum Darragh and Kendrick 2000
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Liotina lamellosa
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia psila
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
? Astralium sp. Link 1807
Bolma (Bolma) flindersi
Subspecies: Bolma (Bolma) flindersi darraghi
Turbo (Euninella) hamiltonensis (Harris 1897)
Homalopoma (Homalopoma) limnaios
? Pseudoninella sp. Sacco 1896
spelled with current rank as Angaria (Pseudoninella)
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Leucorhynchia ventricosa
Leucorhynchia rotulina
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Nacella jutsoni
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Eutinochilus otwayensis
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Eutinochilus)
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta planiuscula (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) chapmani Finlay 1924
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tatei
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer (Septifer) subfenestratus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sigillata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus cf. gaderopoides McCoy 1876
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Limea (? Gemellima) sp. Iredale 1929
spelled with current rank as Gemellima
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) cf. cymbula Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) emaciata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Vulsella laevigata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Limarca angustifrons Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis dissimilis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Notogrammatodon cainozoicus (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) limatella Tate 1886
Arca pseudonavicularis Tate 1886
Barbatia (Acar) gunsoni
original and current combination Acar
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona lenticularis (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) chapmani Singleton 1932
Limopsis (Limopsis) multiradiata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vepricardium (Hedecardium) ? moniletectum (Tate 1887)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus (Miocardiopsis) sp. ()
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosina multilamellata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) pixidata Tate 1887
recombined as Caryocorbula pixidata
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Stirpulina pallinupense
Anelli et al. 2006
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia informal sp. A Sowerby 1844
Verticordia informal sp. B Sowerby 1844
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Epicodakia sp. Iredale 1930
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Salaputium communis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) latissima
Cyclocardia (? Vimentum) sp. (Iredale 1925)
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 35.0° South, 117.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.4° South, 103.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pallinup Siltstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: No specific lithologic data is provided, but the lithostratigraphic unit name suggests a siltstone lithofacies.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,recrystallized,original aragonite,original calcite,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV).
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for mollusca
Metadata
Database number:48441
Authorizer:A. Hendy, J. Alroy Enterer:A. Hendy, A. Doyle
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-18 17:14:04 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-18 17:14:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12938. T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

25525 L. E. Anelli, A. C. Rocha-Campos, P. R. Santos, J. A. J. Perinotto, and F. Quaglio. 2006. Early Miocene bivalves from the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, West Antarctic. Alcheringa 30(1):111-132 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
39476 K. J. McNamara, G. M. Philip, and P. D. Kruse. 2008. Tertiary brissid echinoids of southern Australia. Alcheringa 10(1):55-84 [J. Alroy/A. Doyle/P. Wagner]