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collecting effort, including that reported by Darragh and Kendrick (1971), Kendrick (1981), Ponder (1985), and Kendrick unpublished data.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
Gastropoda | |
Pupa cf. solidula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Drupella cornus snail
Drupa ricinus snail | |
Cerithium "sp. A", Cerithium "sp. B", Cerithium echinatum, "Cerithium novaehollandiae" = Cerithium (Cerithium) novaehollandiae, Rhinoclavis fasciata
Cerithium "sp. A" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium "sp. B" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
"Cerithium novaehollandiae" = Cerithium (Cerithium) novaehollandiae Adams 1855 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail | |
Terebra areolata Link 1807 auger snail | |
Coralliophila cf. costularis murex snail
Homalocantha sp. Mörch 1852 murex snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Latirus turritus snail | |
Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 snail
Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822 snail
Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807 snail | |
Cominella acutinodosa true whelk
Cantharus (Pollia) undosus true whelk | |
"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 caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea cf. eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina, "Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea cf. eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina Duclos 1833 cowry
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) cf. argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astralium rhodostomum snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata, "Venus (Ventricolaria) toreuma" = Globivenus
"Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus (Ventricolaria) toreuma" = Globivenus venus clam | |
"Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima" = Tridacna maxima
"Tridacna (Chametrachea) maxima" = Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798 cockle | |
Epicodakia bella clam | |
Megacardita turgida clam | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Arcopsis afra clam | |
"Barbatia (Acar) cf. plicata" = Acar plicata, "Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa, "Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Barbatia (Acar) cf. plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Botula silicula mussel
Lithophaga nasuta mussel | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) amygdalumtostum | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) amygdalumtostum Röding 1798 |