Island of Nias - Middle Miocene [Checklist of Skwarko, 1994] (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (1.1° N, 97.6° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 103.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown unit. Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Middle Miocene.

• group of beds-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: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Presumably van der Vlerk (1931). 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 70121: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2007

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).
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) sp." = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) sp." = Haustator Monfort 1810 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus niasensis cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
"Gastridium (Hermes) sp." = Testallium
"Gastridium (Hermes) sp." = Testallium Vermeij 1997 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Erosaria (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Staphylaea (Nuclearia) nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus
"Erosaria (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Staphylaea (Nuclearia) nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica verbeeki moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys asper" = Merklinia aspera
"Chlamys asper" = Merklinia aspera Lamarck 1819 scallop
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Fragum (Lunulicardia) limaeforme" = Lunulicardium (Lunulicardia), Corculum sp., Trachycardium niasense
"Fragum (Lunulicardia) limaeforme" = Lunulicardium (Lunulicardia) cockle
Corculum sp. Röding 1798 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp., "Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell