Late Pleistocene, west of oil well B34A: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ubogebia (Calliadne) hexaceras
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Euphylliidae
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Galaxea astreata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi
Preston 1914
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus pyramis
(Born 1778)
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Tectus fenestratus
Gmelin 1791
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Thalotia (Prothalotia) sp.
Gray 1847
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Euchelus (Euchelus) atratus
Gmelin 1791
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis aspera
Linnaeus 1758
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Rhinoclavis fasciata
Bruguière 1792
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Amoria grayi
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Cymbiola nivosa
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| Subspecies: C. nivosa oblita | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea errones
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Erronea errones | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Tonna sp.
Brünnich 1772
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| Or Malea sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Septa) gemmata
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| original and current combination Septa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina (Littorinopsis) scabra
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Adamnestia cf. anachis
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Megacardita turgida
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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Epicodakia bella
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista impar
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Placamen berryi
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Dosinia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Gouldia (Gouldia) sp.
Adams 1847
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Circe lenticularis
Deshayes 1853
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mesodesmatidae
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Atactodea striata
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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Glycydonta sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Fragum (Fragum) carinatum
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Fragum (Fragum) unedo
Linnaeus 1758
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Acrosterigma dupuchensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Pharaonella) perna
Spengler 1798
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| recombined as Tonganaella perna | ||||||||||
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Tellina (Tellina) staurella
Lamarck 1818
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes ustulatus
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) cf. helblingi
Bruguière 1789
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Arca ventricosa
Lamarck 1819
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| recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Saccostrea cuccullata
(Born 1778)
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unclassified
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Tapes (Ruditapes) variegatus
Sowerby 1852
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 20.8° South, 115.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° South, 110.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed formation. Late Pleistocene deposits unconformably overly Miocene rocks of the Poivre Fm. THICKNESS: 2 m thick in places. AGE: First determined to be Pleistocene by Smith (1962); no justification stated in text for assignment to Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Not stated in text. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly-coral, well-cemented, richly fossiliferous sandy limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as stated in text to be "well-cemented". | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Mosaic of sand, coral and seagrass, inshore shallow waters, moderate to low wave energy and good tidal circulation, water depth unlikely to exceed 5 m. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Collected by authors, K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum (WAM) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and echinoidea, although the authors suggest that further collecting will increase taxonomic lists. Foraminifera mentioned to be present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-level names. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. 21 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994) | ||
| Database number: | 63317 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-11 03:03:03 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-11 03:03:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18201. | K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. 1994. Cenozoic Molluscs and Echinoids of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 51 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |