Point Flinders - Glen Aire Clay: Early/Lower Oligocene, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Syngenochilus radiapex
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) mawsoni Ludbrook 1956
Dentalium (Laevidentalium) subfissura
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Notogrammatodon cainozoica
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris lenticularis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara" interclathrata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Philobryidae
Limarca angustifrons Tate 1886
Cosa praenuntia
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis chapmani Singleton 1932
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Notostrea lubra
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Dimya sigillata Tate 1886
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima bassi
Limaria polynema
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Salaputium communis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia janjukensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula pyxidata
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Fossacallista tatei (Cossmann 1920)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Myochamidae
Myadora lamellata (Tate 1887)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Eotrigonia eocenica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Sarepta planiuscula (Tate 1886)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella chapmani
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Ennucula tenisoni (Pritchard 1896)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Collonista otwayensis
Astraea hudsoniana
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Munditia lamellosa
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnania aratula
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus (Torinista) darraghi Garrard 1978
Heliacus (Awarua) otwayanus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon scrobiculatus
Triploca ligata
Triploca ligata
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Notacirsa lampra (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Margineulima danae
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Pareora stylacris
Spirocolpus aldingae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Friginatica aldingensis (Tate 1893)
Tanea wintlei
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Sirius cf. subquadratus
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Semitrivia pompholugota (Tate 1890)
Archierato pyrulata (Tate 1890)
original and current combination Erato (Erato) pyrulata
Ellatrivia torquayensis (Schilder 1935)
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Proterato australis (Tate 1878)
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Willungia cf. ovulatella (Tate 1890)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium calcaratum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Maudrillia secta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Austrolithes incompositus (Tate 1888)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Semitriton dennanti
Oamaruia ptycjotropis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Parasyngenochilus angustior Long 1981
Turrinosyrinx denticulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conorbis otwayensis
Marshallaria otwayensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Splendrillia hughesi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Apiotoma bassi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Guraleus eocenicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas cudmorei
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria protensa
Borsonia protexta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Ternivoluta) curvirostata
Notovoluta variculifera
Alcithoe (Waihaoia) cribrosa
Alcithoe (Waihaoia) pagodoides (Tate 1888)
Notopeplum primarugatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella kitsoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterochelus otwayensis
Murexsul prionotus
Pteropurpura bifrons
Pteropurpura calva
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia oligostira
Gastropoda - Atlantidae
Atlanta fossilis
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.8° South, 143.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.9° South, 141.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Glen Aire Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Glen Aire Clay. Outcrop is not good and stratigraphical relationships of the outcrop are not clear owing to slipping and covering sediment. Glen Aire Clay regionally overlies the Castle Cove Limestone, which in turn overlies the Browns Creek Clay. AGE: The age of the assemblage is probably Early Oligocene (Abele et al. 19876), though previous writers (Darragh 1987) have tended to regard the lower Glen Aire Clay as latest Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower Glen Aire Clay.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray claystone
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Dark grey, richly fossiliferous clay. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environment 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:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Probably multiple collectors from same locality, including the author, and combination with existing museum collections. REPOSITORY: Museum of Victoria.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Utilized modern nomenclature, with species-level assignments.
Metadata
Also known as:Assemblage 5; FL 19
Database number:71236
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-22 19:55:42 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-22 19:55:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23859. T. A. Darragh. 1985. Molluscan biogeography and biostratigraphy of the Tertiary of southeastern Australia. Alcheringa 9:83-116 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]