Also known as Loc. 19 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994)
Where: Western Australia, Australia (20.8° S, 115.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 110.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed formation. Late Pleistocene deposits unconformably overly Miocene rocks of the Poivre Fm. THICKNESS: 2 m thick in places. AGE: First determined to be Pleistocene by Smith (1962); no justification stated in text for assignment to Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Not stated in text.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors, K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum (WAM)
Primary reference: K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. 1994. Cenozoic Molluscs and Echinoids of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 51 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63319: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Acmaea saacharina limpet | |
Acmaeidae indet. Forbes 1850 limpet | |
Liotina cf. peronii Kiener 1839 snail | |
Monodonta (Monodonta) labio, Tectus pyramis, Tectus fenestratus, Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi
Monodonta (Monodonta) labio Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791 top snail
Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi top snail | |
Clypeomorus sp. Jousseaume 1888 cerith snail
Clypeomorus bifasciata Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium corallium cerith snail
Cerithium tenellum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail | |
Amoria grayi volute | |
Cantharus (Pollia) undosus true whelk | |
Nassarius livescens snail | |
Pyrene "sp. A" Röding 1798 snail
Pyrene "sp. B" Röding 1798 snail | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) cf. vulpecula ribbed mitre | |
Syrinx aruanus snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Drupa sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Divaricella ornata clam | |
Callista impar venus clam
Placamen berrii venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus | |
Atactodea striata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Fragum (Fragum) carinatum cockle
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
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Brachidontes ustulatus mussel | |
Scaphopoda | |
Laevidentalium sp. Cossmann 1888 tusk shell |