Uncle Toms Cabin (Blanche Point Formation): Late/Upper Eocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus Darragh and Kendrick 2000
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Eutinochilus otwayensis
spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Eutinochilus)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tatei
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) chapmani Finlay 1924
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta planiuscula (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Salaputium communis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) latissima
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) pixidata Tate 1887
recombined as Caryocorbula pixidata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosina multilamellata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vepricardium (Hedecardium) moniletectum (Tate 1887)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer (Septifer) subfenestratus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Notogrammatodon cainozoicus (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona lenticularis (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis dissimilis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) limatella Tate 1886
Arca pseudonavicularis Tate 1886
Barbatia (Acar) gunsoni
original and current combination Acar
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Limopsis) chapmani Singleton 1932
Limopsis (Limopsis) multiradiata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Limarca angustifrons Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sigillata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) cymbula Tate 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 35.3° South, 138.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.3° South, 133.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Blanche Point
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Aldingan local stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified cherty/siliceous "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: No specific lithologic data is provided, but several supplementary references point to siliciclastic facies for this unit, including mixed sandstone and siltstone lithofacies
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:recrystallized,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
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
Also known as:Blanche Point Formation
Database number:48444
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-03-19 10:44:49 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-19 10:44:49
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]