Where: South Australia, Australia (36.0° S, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 136.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Point Allen Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Point Allen Fm, lateral equivalent to the Burham Limestone. Of limited extent in distribution and deposited on irregular surfaces. The Point Allen Fm and Burnham Limestone rest unconformably on Hallett Cove Sandstone and its equivalents. THICKNESS: From a few centimetres to two metres. AGE: Early Pleistocene based on biostratigraphy and the age of bounding units. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From throughout the formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: The list is a composite made by many collectors, mainly Chapman (1915), Wopfner (1964), Milnes and Cooper (1965), Milnes, Cooper anmd Ludbrook (1981, 1982). REPOSITORY: National Museum of Victoria (NMV) and Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA).
Primary reference: N.H. Ludbrook. 1983. Molluscan faunas of the Early Pleistocene Point Allen Formation and Burnham limestone, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(1):37-49 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63379: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Gastropoda | |
Phasianella angasi snail
Phasianella australis Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Turbo (Ninella) torquatus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) eximius, Diloma (Fractarmilla) rudis, Diloma (Fractarmilla) concamerata, Monilea euclensis
Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) eximius Perry 1811 top snail
Diloma (Fractarmilla) rudis top snail
Diloma (Fractarmilla) concamerata top snail
Monilea euclensis top snail | |
Clypidina (Montfortula) rugosa Quoy 1834 snail | |
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Diastoma adelaidense snail
Diastoma melanoides snail | |
Gazameda iredalei Finlay 1927 turret shell | |
Diala lauta Adams 1862 snail | |
"Batillaria (Zeacumantus) diemenensis" = Zeacumantus
"Batillaria (Zeacumantus) diemenensis" = Zeacumantus horn snail | |
Campanile symbolicum Iredale 1917 snail | |
Cominella eburnea true whelk | |
"Niotha pyrrhus" = Nassarius (Niotha)
"Niotha pyrrhus" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Amoria (Amoria) grayi volute | |
Sydaphera undulata snail | |
Cymatiella verrucosa triton shell | |
Bembicium melanostoma periwinkle
Bembicium nanum Lamarck 1822 periwinkle | |
Polinices (Conuber) conicus Lamarck 1822 moon snail | |
Hipponix (Sabia) conicus Schumacher 1817 hoof shell
Hipponix (Antisabia) erma hoof shell | |
Patella (Scutellastra) peronii Blainville 1825 limpet | |
Patelloida nigrosulcata limpet | |
Nerita milnesi snail | |
Siphonaria (Hubendickula) baconi pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris (Veletuceta) pseudaustralis, "Glycymeris (Tucetona) convexa" = Tucetona
"Glycymeris (Tucetona) convexa" = Tucetona clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima" = Mimachlamys asperrima
"Chlamys (Chlamys) asperrima" = Mimachlamys asperrima Lamarck 1819 scallop Subspecies: C. (C.) asperrima asperrima
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Ostrea cf. angasi Sowerby 1846 oyster | |
"Linga (Bellucina) praetermissa n. sp." = Cardiolucina praetermissa, Miltha hamptonensis, Anodontia sphericula, ? Callucina lacteola
"Linga (Bellucina) praetermissa n. sp." = Cardiolucina praetermissa Ludbrook 1983 clam
Miltha hamptonensis Ludbrook 1969 clam
Anodontia sphericula Basedow 1902 clam
? Callucina lacteola Tate 1897 clam | |
Gafrarium perornatum venus clam
Timoclea (Veremolpa) kendricki venus clam
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Mactra cf. pura clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Cardita subdeceptiva clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium latesulcatum tusk shell |