Also known as Loc. 1 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994)
Where: Western Australia, Australia (20.7° S, 115.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 110.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Poivre Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Miocene rocks of the Poivre Fm overly Eocene rocks with a transgressive unconformity. THICKNESS: As thick as 29 m. AGE: Originally determined to be Early Miocene by Glaessner (in McWhae and Parry, 1954), since refined to be Middle Miocene in age (Caproniere 1975; McNamara and Kendrick 1994). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Not stated in text.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, red, sandy, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with 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 63288: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) sp. Swainson 1829 snail | |
"Trochus (Trochus) cf. maculatus" = Trochus maculatus
"Trochus (Trochus) cf. maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Cerithiidae "indet. A", Cerithiidae "indet. B", "Semivertagus sp." = Clava (Semivertagus), Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sp., Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) cf. fasciata
Cerithiidae "indet. A" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Cerithiidae "indet. B" Fleming 1822 cerith snail
"Semivertagus sp." = Clava (Semivertagus) Cossmann 1880 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sp. Swainson 1840 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) cf. fasciata Bruguiere 1792 cerith snail | |
Ampullina butleri McNamara and Kendrick 1994 snail | |
Strombus (Lentigo) sp. Jousseaume 1886 conch | |
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail | |
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Conus "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Cypraea "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea "sp. E" Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) sp." = Tucetona
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) sp." = Tucetona Iredale 1939 clam | |
Codakia ? sp. Scopoli 1777 clam | |
"Ventricolaria ? sp." = Globivenus, Periglypta ? sp.
"Ventricolaria ? sp." = Globivenus Coen 1934 venus clam
Periglypta ? sp. Jukes-Browne 1914 venus clam | |
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Semele ? sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Breynia aff. carinata d'Archaic and Haime 1853 heart urchin | |
Schizaster (Schizaster) aff. compactus Koehler 1914 heart urchin | |
Clypeaster butleri n. sp.
Clypeaster butleri n. sp. McNamara and Kendrick 1994 sand dollar | |
Echinolampas tumulus n. sp.
Echinolampas tumulus n. sp. McNamara and Kendrick 1994 sea urchin |