Palembang Formation - Sumatra: Late/Upper Miocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana praeradiata (Boettger 1883)
original and current combination Leda praeradiata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis (Martin 1919)
original and current combination Nucula njalindungensis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes toechophora (Boettger 1883)
Perna sp. Retzius 1788
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Lopha hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Hyotissa hyotis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mimachlamys senatoria
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea pachygastris Boettger 1880
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Anadara) verbeeki
Anadara kroensis (Boettger 1883)
COMMENTS: Includes subspecies A. kroensis subcarinata
Anadara suboblonga (Boettger 1883)
Anadara obliquidens (Boettger 1883)
Scapharca eusphaera (Boettger 1883)
Scapharca (Scapharca) geyleri (Boettger 1881)
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Barbatia axinaea (Boettger 1883)
Barbatia gibba (Martin 1879)
Barbatia (Acar) trapeziformis (Martin 1879)
Trisidos semitorta (Lamarck 1819)
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Arca (Arca) subcalcarea (Oostingh 1941)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia vasta
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua acutatis
Siliqua elongatula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium (Discors) musperi
original and current combination Discors
Laevicardium kelirense
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Scrobicularia angulata
SUBSPECIES: S. angulata aequistriata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tellina (Tellinides) euxesta
Tellina (Tellinides) planitesta
Tellina (Tellinella) sumatrana
Tellina (Arcopagia) ovatula
original and current combination Arcopagia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari (Psammobia) convexa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesma antiqua
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra plana
Mactra (Mactrinula) semiplicata
Mactra (Mactrinula) sp. Linnaeus 1767
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia palembangensis
Cardilia sp. Deshayes 1835
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia dubiosa
Dosinia polyptyx
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Chione idiomorpha
Chione kroensis
Chione martini
Chione informal sp. 1 von Mühlfield 1811
Chione informal sp. 2 von Mühlfield 1811
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 2 of Oostingh 1942
Chione informal sp. 3 von Mühlfield 1811
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 3 of Oostingh 1942
Chione informal sp. 4 von Mühlfield 1811
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 4 of Oostingh 1942
Venerupis barbatiaeformis
Venerupis fritschi
Venerupis martini
Meretrix cordiformis
Tivela imitatrix
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula callista
Corbicula latonaeformis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Teredina annulata
Martesia striata (Linnaeus 1758)
SUBSPECIES: M. striata laevior
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subrevoluta
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga (Bellucina) tebatnapalensis (Oostingh 1941)
recombined as Cardiolucina tebatnapalensis
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Lucina informal sp. 1 Bruguière 1797
COMMENTS: Lucina sp. 1 of Oostingh 1941
Lucina informal sp. 2 Bruguière 1797
COMMENTS: Lucina sp. 2 of Oostingh 1942
Lucina limopsis Boettger 1883
Lucinoma subcalcareous (Oostingh 1941)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
Gastropoda
? Tornatella sp. Lamarck 1816
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula arctatoides Martin 1879
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis palembangensis
Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis) informal sp. 1 Fischer 1850
Architectonica coniformis
Architectonica cf. marthae
Architectonica palembangensis
Architectonica nitens (Noetling 1901)
Architectonica (Architectonica) perspectivus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia subcalcarea
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina (Phosinellina) langkanensis
Rissoina (Phosinella) informal sp. 1 (Mörch 1876)
Rissoina (Phosinella) informal sp. 2 (Mörch 1876)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Cryptospira) birmanica (Vredenburg 1923)
Marginella (Cryptospira) aff. elegans
Marginella (Cryptospira) aff. loebbeckeana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Anazola) subulata Reeve 1858
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula (Surcula) plagioptyx
synonym of Turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Conolithus) pseudorbignyi Röckel and Lan 1981
recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) pseudorbignyi
Conus odengensis Martin 1895
recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Triplostephanus) samarangana (Martin 1884)
Terebra (Myurella) kueneni
synonym of Terebra
Terebra herklotsi Martin 1879
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris retifera
Gemmula (Gemmula) granosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Chysame) cucumerina
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticarius (Naticarius) lineata
Natica (Natica) helvacea Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) talarensis
spelled with current rank as Haustator
Turritella (Haustator) sedanensis (Martin 1905)
recombined as Haustator sedanensis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Pareuchelus excellentoides
Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Nacella autochroa
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia
Coordinates: 2.9° South, 104.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° South, 105.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Palembang
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Early Miocene according to Skwarko (1994); Late Miocene for Lower Palembang Fm-Late Pliocene for Upper Palembang Fm based on correlation table of Shuto (1975), which is favored here as it accounts for mollusca and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, rather than historic age assignments.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Metadata
Database number:70083
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-16 10:33:46 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-03-16 10:33:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18160. S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]