PL3003, SE of Princetown: Thanetian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Bathymophila bystromphalata n. sp.
17 specimens
Odostoma sp.
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Comitileda brachyrynchoides n. sp.
26 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Austronucula arenaria n. sp.
77 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Electroma glessaria n. sp.
33 specimens
32 valves and one pair
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea multicostulifera n. sp.
71 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Delectopecten sp. (Stewart 1930)
4 specimens
includes fragments
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria obbata n. sp.
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula ? sp. Megerle 1811
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia flabellaris n. sp.
14 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Jagolucina psephenata n. sp.
13 specimens
10 left valves and 3 right valves
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gadila laguncula n. sp.
9 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida
Compressidens laticornuata n. sp.
53 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium gracilicostatum
39 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnania sp. Marwick 1931
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Raulinia ? sp.
1 specimen
Priscaphander bullariformis n. sp.
59 specimens
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Cocculina ? sp. Dall 1882
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina meridiana n. sp.
79 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea quindecimlirata n. sp.
39 specimens
Acteon petricolus n. sp.
6 specimens
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
4 specimens
A. sp. b
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Spiratellidae
Spiratella advenulata n. sp.
35 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Tuba sp. Lea 1823
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium rugatoides n. sp.
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutomitridae
Proximitra trirugulata n. sp.
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Marshallaria tumefacta n. sp.
2 specimens
Marshallaria sp. Finlay and Marwick 1937
1 specimen
M. sp. b
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Cosmasyrinx levicristata n. sp.
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Austrofusus crassiaulatus n. sp.
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
? Mitra rhytidata n. sp.
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira saxosulensis n. sp.
15 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitoniidae indet. Berry 1910
2 specimens
Opalia ? sp. Adams and Adams 1853
1 specimen
one whorl fragment
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Colposigma uniangulata n. sp.
91 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Botelloides sp. Strand 1928
5 specimens
1 specimen and 4 fragments
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Conominolia parvistrigulata n. sp.
69 specimens
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Pareuchelus ? sp. (Boettger 1906)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Guildfordia ? sp. Gray 1850
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Cirsochilus pilulatus n. sp.
214 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis microglyptophorus n. sp.
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
? Rimula crepiduloides n. sp.
21 specimens
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Puncturella caminata n. sp.
9 specimens
6 complete specimens and 3 fragments
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras victorianum (Teichert 1943)
4 specimens
2 specimens and 2 fragments
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Aturoidea distans Teichert 1943
5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.7° South, 143.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.5° South, 147.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pebble Point
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Some sedimentologists have characterized the Pebble Point Formation as having been deposited in marginal rather than open marine environments, based on the presence of the foram Cyclammina. Yet, the common presence of echinoderms as well as nautilid cephalopods, both intolerant of salinity much higher or lower than open ocean values argues against this. While numerous clasts are present, other evidence suggests quiet sedimentation rather than high energy. Pebble Point Formation thought to have been deposited during a series of channeling and channel abandonment episodes. Mud rip-up clasts and mud drapes indicate times of channel abandonment. Shelly fauna mostly come from the upper half, which may represent a change from estuarine conditions to more open marine conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:6267
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-02-15 11:24:04 Last modified:2020-10-27 10:53:32
Access level:the public Released:2000-02-15 11:24:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

398. T. A. Darragh. 1997. Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, and new Bivalvia of the Paleocene Pebble Point Formation, Victoria, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(1):57-108 [A. Miller/K. Layou]