Batavia Borehole III (117 m) - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (6.2° S, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 107.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit and relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71925: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Triplostephanus) samarangana
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Galeola) mitrata
Oliva (Galeola) mitrata Martin 1879 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Lambiostrombus) turritus
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula quinqueplicata
Plicatula quinqueplicata Martin 1883 scallop
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis (Arcopsis) altenai
 Arcida - Arcidae
Scapharca (Scapharca) nannodes
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea (Timoclea) bataviana, Anomalocardia scabra, Meretrix acuticosta
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia elegantula