Peppermint Grove Limestone Mbr, Tamala Limestone - Peppermint Grove (Pleistocene of Australia)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine gulf with sandy to muddy bed. Here, assigned to a siliciclastic "coastal indet." environment. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Accumulated during Late Pleistocene sea-level rise.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse shell-sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, stated to be sieved.

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

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Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for mollusca. No other groups mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but all identifications are made to species level, and nomenclature is fairly modern.
unclassified
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Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus occiduus tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Dialidae
Diala lauta Adams 1862 snail
Diala lirulata Thiele 1930 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cacozeliana icarus cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce) venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum erugatum Tate 1889 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya)
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch 1853 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1839 ark