Where: Western Australia, Australia (21.9° S, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 114.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tantabiddi Member (Bundera Calcarenite Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• AGE: Late Pleistocene. Extended discussion of age in text (Kendrick et al., 1991). U-series dates obtained for the Tantabiddi Mbr have given ages of 111, 120, and 138 +/- 5-7 ka BP (van de Graaf et al. 1976). U-series dates from this study of coral aslo yield similar ages, from 108-141 +/- 5-10 ka BP.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; poorly lithified, medium-grained, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Faunal list is a composite of decades of collecting effort, including that reported by Darragh and Kendrick (1971), Kendrick (1981), Ponder (1985), and Kendrick unpublished data. REPOSITORY: Collection assembled from material reposited in Western Australian Museum (WAM).
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick, K.-H. Wyrwoll, and B.J. Szabo. 1991. Pliocene-Pleistocene coastal events and history along the western margin of Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews 10:419-439 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63356: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Megacardita turgida clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Venus (Ventricolaria) toreuma" = Globivenus, "Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Venus (Ventricolaria) toreuma" = Globivenus venus clam
"Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima" = Tridacna maxima
"Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima" = Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798 cockle | |
Epicodakia bella clam | |
Lithophaga nasuta mussel
Botula silicula mussel | |
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa, "Barbatia (Acar) cf. plicata" = Acar plicata, "Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
"Barbatia (Acar) cf. plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Arcopsis afra clam | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Drupa ricinus snail
Drupella cornus snail | |
Cerithium "sp. A", Cerithium "sp. B", "Cerithium novaehollandiae" = Cerithium (Cerithium) novaehollandiae, Cerithium echinatum, Rhinoclavis fasciata
Cerithium "sp. A" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. B" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
"Cerithium novaehollandiae" = Cerithium (Cerithium) novaehollandiae Adams 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail | |
"Cymatium (Septa) gemmatum" = Septa, "Cymatium (Septa) pileare" = Monoplex pilearis
"Cymatium (Septa) gemmatum" = Septa triton shell
"Cymatium (Septa) pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell | |
Bursa (Bufonariella) granularis Röding 1798 frog shell | |
"Cypraea cf. eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula
"Cypraea cf. eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina Duclos 1833 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Homalocantha sp. Mörch 1852 murex snail
Coralliophila cf. costularis murex snail | |
Terebra areolata Link 1807 auger snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Cominella acutinodosa, Cantharus (Pollia) undosus, Pyrene scripta, Pyrene turturina, Pyrene testudinaria, Latirus turritus
Cominella acutinodosa true whelk
Cantharus (Pollia) undosus true whelk
Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822 true whelk
Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 true whelk
Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807 true whelk
Latirus turritus true whelk | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) cf. argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astralium rhodostomum snail | |
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Pupa cf. solidula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) amygdalumtostum | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) amygdalumtostum Röding 1798 |