Dampier Limestone, Broadhurst Bight: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Timoclea (Glycydonta) cf. marica Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolatus hanleyi
Botula vagina
Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844
Brachidontes ustulatus
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Dendostrea folium (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. bicolor Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus barbatus Reeve 1856
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys australis Sowerby 1842
synonym of Mimachlamys asperrima
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trapezia
Anadara crebricostata
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Megacardita turgida
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella pulchra Reeve 1842
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia alciope Angas 1872
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acrosterigma dupuchense
Fragum (Fragum) carinatum
Fragum (Afrocardium) erugatum (Tate 1889)
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758
Fragum (Lunulicardia) hemicardium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Leptomya psittacus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellinella) virgata (Linnaeus 1758)
Macoma sp. sensu lato Leach 1819
Macoma (Scissulina) dispar (Conrad 1837)
Tellina (Pharaonella) perna Spengler 1798
recombined as Tonganaella perna
Tellina (Pinguitellina) cf. robusta Hanley 1844
recombined as Pinguitellina robusta
Exotica (Exotica) triradiata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia biscota sensu lato
Dosinia sculpta (Hanley 1845)
Listed as Dosinia (Pectunculus) sculpta; Pectunculus not entered to avoid confusion with homonyms in Glycymerididae
Tapes dorsatus Lamarck 1818
Tapes literatus Linnaeus 1758
Irus irus (Linnaeus 1767)
Marcia fumigata
Paphia (Callistotapes) crassisulca
Anomalocardia (Anomalodiscus) squamosa (Linnaeus 1758)
Placamen berrii
Placamen gravescens Menke 1843
Antigona lamellaris
Callista (Costacallista) planatella
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825
recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Pitar (Pitarina) citrina
Circe lenticularis Deshayes 1853
Circe scripta (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Circe (Circe) scripta
Gafrarium intermedium
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Felaniella sp. Dall 1899
synonym of Diplodonta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Melliteryx acupuncta Hedley 1902
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lasaeidae indet. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. sensu lato Bruguière 1789
Corbula (Corbula) stolata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divalinga sp. Chavan 1951
Parvilucina (Bellucina) pisiformis
Fimbria soverbii
Wallucina aff. jacksonensis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Cylichnatys campanula
Liloa brevis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Cingulina sp. Adams 1861
Linopyrga sp.
Cossmannica sp.
spelled with current rank as Tiberia (Cossmannica)
Syrnola informal sp. A Adams 1860
Syrnola informal sp. B Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Elachorbis tatei
Gastropoda - Adeorbidae
Pseudoliotia micans
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Doxander) campbelli Griffith and Pidgeon 1834
recombined as Doxander campbelli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Morula fiscella
Lepsiella flindersi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius albinus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Zafra vercoi
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Zafra)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus erythrostomus
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis cf. sipho
Gastropoda - Litiopidae
Alaba aff. bowenensis
Gastropoda - Dialidae
Diala lauta Adams 1862
Diala lirulata Thiele 1930
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Scaliola sp. Adams 1860
Finella sp. Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis bituberculata Sowerby 1855
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792
Clypeomorus bifasciata (Sowerby 1855)
original and current combination Cerithium bifasciatum
Cerithium tenellum Sowerby 1855
Bittium icarus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi
Monilea califera
Calliostoma (Salsipotens) rubiginosum
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi Preston 1914
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Euchelus atratus Gmelin 1791
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 25.5° South, 113.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.5° South, 113.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dampier Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Logan et al. (1970) assigned the Dampier Limestone an informal "middle" Pleistocene age from evidence of its contact relationships with older and younger unit; this assignment was follwed by Butcher et al. (1984), Hocking et al. (1987), van de Fraaf et al. (1983) and Denman et al. (1985). The present publication (Kendrick 1990) reassigns the Dampier Limestone to the Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower 0.3 m of richly fossiliferous shelly limestone within a 1 m thick section. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Dampier Limestone is capped nbby a strong calcrete layer, and is further overlain by a well-cemented thin, shelly-coralline rubble, possibly correlated to the Bibra Limestone. The Dampier Limestone unconformably overlies the Peron Sandstone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown poorly lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Pale-brown, well-sorted, quartzose calcarenite with a a rather weak, micritic cement. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified as stated to be weakly cemented, and figured specimens show matrix still adhered to relatively well preserved specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not clearly stated but possibly a reduced circulation, embayment with seagrass flora (A. trapezia's preferred environment).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:many
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:63351
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-11 19:30:12 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-11 19:30:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18219. G. W. Kendrick. 1990. A Pleistocene molluscan fauna with Anadara trapezia (Deshayes) (Bivalvia: Arcoida) from the Dampier Limestone of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee: Research in Shark Bay 33-48 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]