PBDB Collection

Evans Head (Pleistocene of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (29.1° S, 153.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 153.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• last interglacial period. Radiometric dating by Pickett et al. (1989)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• sheltered area, probably not more than 10 m deep

• muddy sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Pickett. 1981. A Late Pleistocene coral fauna from Evans Head, N.S.W. Alcheringa 5:71-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84621: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Gabinarca pellita, Plecatrema "sp. A" Gabinarca pellita Plecatrema "sp. A"
Foraminifera
Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae	Ammonia beccarii Ammonia beccarii
Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae	Elphidium sp. Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Spirobranchus giganteus Spirobranchus giganteus associated with Pocillopora
Gastropoda
Basommatophora - Siphonariidae	Siphonaria sp. Siphonaria sp. Sowerby 1824 pulmonate
Bivalvia
Cardiida - Chamidae	Chama sp. Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina (Arcopagia) victoriae Tellina (Arcopagia) victoriae Gatliff 1914 tellin clam subsp. botanica
Arcida - Arcidae	"Ustularca cruciata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) "Ustularca cruciata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) clam subsp. renuta
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna incurva Pinna incurva Gmelin 1791 oyster
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Septifer bilocularis, Trichomya hirsuta Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel Trichomya hirsuta mussel
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria sp., "Turbinaria danae" = Turbinaria frondens Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral "Turbinaria danae" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Mycedium elephantotus, Favites abdita, Platygyra lamellina, Hydnophora exesa, Cyphastrea serailia, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Mycedium elephantotus Pallas 1766 stony coral Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora damicornis, Seriatopora hystrix Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora sp., "Acropora cf. splendida" = Acropora valenciennesi, Montipora sp. Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral "Acropora cf. splendida" = Acropora valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia corymbosa Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia fungites, "Fungia actiniformis" = Heliofungia actiniformis Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Fungia actiniformis" = Heliofungia actiniformis Quoi and Gaimard 1833 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites lobata, Goniopora cf. lobata Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral Goniopora cf. lobata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	"Catalaphyllia plicata" = Catalaphyllia jardinei "Catalaphyllia plicata" = Catalaphyllia jardinei Saville Kent 1893 stony coral