Halibete Mbr, Batuputih Fm - Atambua: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica maxima (Philippi 1849)
recombined as Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia (Tibia) martini (Oliver 1975)
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi (Petit 1840)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus
SUBSPECIES: V. (C.) obeliscus teschi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Haustellum) bonneti (Cossman 1903)
Murex (Murex) troscheli (Liscke 1868)
SUBSPECIES: M. (M.) troscheli verbeeki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Teramachia johnsoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancilla) martini (Tesch 1915)
Ancilla (Turrancilla) teschi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira pulchella
SUBSPECIES: C. pulchella corentiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Pseudoinquisitor torvitus
? Pseudoinquisitor reticulatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Buccinaria (Ootomella) martini
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus pseudorbignyi Röckel and Lan 1981
recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) pseudorbignyi
Conus ornatissimus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas (Comitas) margaritae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia (Borsonia) indica
Bathytoma (Micantapex) herklotsi
Bathytoma (Micantapex) junghuhni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra kueneni
Terebra martini English 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula (Unedogemmula) butonensis
original and current combination Unedogemmula
Ptychosyrinx (Ptychosyrinx) timorensis
Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma) gendinganensis
Gemmula (Gemmula) kieneri
SUBSPECIES: G. (G.) kieneri kieneri and G. (G.) kieneri woodwardi
Gemmula (Gemmula) martini
Gemmula (Gemmula) speciosa
Gemmula (Gemmula) karangensis
Gemmula (Gemmula) congener (Smith 1894)
SUBSPECIES: G. (G.) congener congener
Gemmula (Gemmula) birmanica Vredenburg 1921
recombined as Turris (Gemmula) birmanica
Pinguigemmula philippinensis
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Pinguigemmula)
Pinguigemmula thielei
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Pinguigemmula)
Pinguigemmula tricincta
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Pinguigemmula)
Lucerapex indagatoris
Lucerapex molengraaffi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus (Powys 1835)
Nassaria (Nassaria) wanneri (Tesch 1915)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Granulifusus niponicus (Smith 1879)
Fusinus (Aptyxis) jonkeri (Koperberg 1931)
Pseudolatirus yonabaruensis MacNeil 1960
Pseudolatirus burcki Koperberg 1931
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla abyssicola
Subcancilla interlirata Reeve 1844
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa koperbergae (Van Regteren Altena 1942)
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) perdistorta (Fulton 1938)
original and current combination Distorsio perdistorta
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica helvacea Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cylindriscala sp. de Boury 1912
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor jeffreysi
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Terebralia sulcata (Born 1778)
Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus 1767)
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia
Coordinates: 9.1° South, 124.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.8° South, 126.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kupang Formation:Batuputih Member:Halibete
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Halibete Mbr, which liews between the Lahurus and Nuren Members (coral reef limestones) of the Batuputih Fm, Kupang Gp. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness. AGE: Early Pleistocene, on the basis of the accompanying foraminiferal and nannofossil assemblag, which indicate the zone NN19 of Martini (1971). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray,yellow poorly lithified silty claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Yellowish-grey, silty clay. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, presumed on the basis of age and facies description.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposition is inferred to have occurred between 150 and 250 m, the bottom being swept by relativly cold currents.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Collected during 1954-1957 by the Geological Dept of the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. REPOSITORY: Geological Dept of the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by R. Robba, authoritative publication, subgenus and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:67971
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-12-19 10:30:35 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-19 10:30:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19426. E. Robba, S. Sartono, D. Violanti and E. Erba. 1989. Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31:61-113 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]