Where: Borneo, Indonesia (0.8° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 118.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Sangkulirang Marl Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Preangerian Tf3, it isn't clear which fossils come from which beds
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: Fossils were collected by L. M. R. Rutten in the early 1900's. Specimens are housed in the Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Utrecht University.
Primary reference: C. Beets. 1983. Preangerian (Miocene) Mollusca from the Lower Sangkulirang Marl Formation, Kari Orang, Kalimantan (East Borneo). Scripta Geologica 97:49-67 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 27.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) erecta cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) traillii Sowerby 1855 cerith snail | |
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus Martin 1879 worm shell | |
Strombus (Strombus) aff. sedanensis Martin 1899 conch | |
Mitra (Tiara) menkrawitensis mitre shell
Mitra (? Tiara) sp. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail | |
Lophiotoma indica turrid | |
Conus kutaiensis n. sp., Conus pamotanensis, Conus cf. sinensis, Conus sp., "Conus decollatus" = Conus (Lithoconus) decollatus
Conus kutaiensis n. sp. cone shell
Conus pamotanensis cone shell
Conus cf. sinensis cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus decollatus" = Conus (Lithoconus) decollatus Martin 1884 cone shell | |
Nihonia witkampi n. sp.
Nihonia witkampi n. sp. snail | |
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
? Polinices (? Conuber) orangensis n. sp. moon snail
Polinices (Polinices) callosior moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis Martin 1879 clam | |
Laevicardium (Discors) rutteni n. sp. cockle | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |