Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 115.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 115.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Peppermint Grove Limestone Member (Tamala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Peppermint Grove Limestone is relegated to member status following Kendrick et al. 1991. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relations to other stratigraphic units as not mentioned in text. Upper level of conspicuous shell band 20 ft above low water. AGE: Late Pleistocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by members of the Western Australia Naturalist's Club. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick. 1960. The fossil Mollusca of the Peppermint Grove Limestone, Swan River district or Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 7(3):53-66 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63211: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus occiduus tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Zeacumantus cerithium horn snail | |
Cacozeliana granarium cerith snail
Cacozeliana icarus cerith snail | |
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell | |
Elachorbis tatei snail | |
Calliostoma interruptum top snail | |
Notosetia nitens snail | |
Haminoea brevis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce) venus clam | |
Fragum erugatum Tate 1889 cockle | |
Cavatidens perplexa clam
Wallucina assimilis clam | |
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya)
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch 1853 mussel | |
Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1839 ark |