Late Pleistocene, E Barrow Island: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Arcosterigma dupuchense
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes ustulatus
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella ornata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum (Fragum) carinatum
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Hemidonax donaciformis
Subspecies: H. donaciformis australiensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista impar
Placamen berrii
Gouldia (Gouldia) sp. Adams 1847
Circe scripta (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Circe (Circe) scripta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Atactodea striata (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791
Tectus pyramis (Born 1778)
Monodonta (Monodonta) labio Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Liotina cf. peronii Kiener 1839
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea saacharina
Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae
Acmaeidae indet. (Forbes 1850)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Clypeomorus sp. Jousseaume 1888
Clypeomorus bifasciata (Sowerby 1855)
original and current combination Cerithium bifasciatum
Cerithium corallium
Cerithium tenellum Sowerby 1855
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Vexillum) cf. vulpecula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Syrinx aruanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene informal sp. A Röding 1798
Pyrene informal sp. B Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus (Pollia) undosus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius livescens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Amoria grayi
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 20.8° South, 115.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.3° South, 110.8° 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:bed
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. 19 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994)
Database number:63319
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-11 03:09:36 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-11 03:09:36
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]