Late Pleistocene, west of oil well B34A (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Loc. 21 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (20.8° S, 115.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 110.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 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.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone

• 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.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly-coral, well-cemented, richly fossiliferous sandy limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as stated in text to be "well-cemented".

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors, K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum (WAM)

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63317: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 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.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi Preston 1914 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791 top snail
Thalotia (Prothalotia) sp. Gray 1847 top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Euchelus (Euchelus) atratus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis aspera Linnaeus 1758 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Cymbiola nivosa volute
Subspecies: C. nivosa oblita
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea errones" = Erronea errones
"Cypraea errones" = Erronea errones Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna sp. Brünnich 1772 tun shell
Or Malea sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Septa) gemmata" = Septa
"Cymatium (Septa) gemmata" = Septa triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina (Littorinopsis) scabra Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista impar venus clam
Placamen berryi venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
Circe lenticularis Deshayes 1853 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Atactodea striata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Cardiida -
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna, Tellina (Tellina) staurella
"Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna Spengler 1798 tellin clam
Tellina (Tellina) staurella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
Tapes (Ruditapes) variegatus
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