Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.5° S, 113.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 113.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dampier Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• AGE: Logan et al. (1970) assigned the Dampier Limestone an informal "middle" Pleistocene age from evidence of its contact relationships with older and younger unit; this assignment was follwed by Butcher et al. (1984), Hocking et al. (1987), van de Fraaf et al. (1983) and Denman et al. (1985). The present publication (Kendrick 1990) reassigns the Dampier Limestone to the Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower 0.3 m of richly fossiliferous shelly limestone within a 1 m thick section. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: The Dampier Limestone is capped nbby a strong calcrete layer, and is further overlain by a well-cemented thin, shelly-coralline rubble, possibly correlated to the Bibra Limestone. The Dampier Limestone unconformably overlies the Peron Sandstone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick. 1990. A Pleistocene molluscan fauna with Anadara trapezia (Deshayes) (Bivalvia: Arcoida) from the Dampier Limestone of Shark Bay, Western Australia. Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee: Research in Shark Bay 33-48 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63351: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Dendostrea folium Linnaeus 1758 foliate oyster | |
Pinna cf. bicolor Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Spondylus barbatus, "Chlamys australis" = Mimachlamys asperrima
Spondylus barbatus Reeve 1856 scallop
"Chlamys australis" = Mimachlamys asperrima Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Botula vagina, Modiolus philippinarum, Septifer bilocularis, Brachidontes ustulatus, Modiolatus hanleyi
Botula vagina mussel
Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844 mussel
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Brachidontes ustulatus mussel
Modiolatus hanleyi mussel | |
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930 mussel | |
Acrosterigma dupuchense, Fragum (Fragum) carinatum, Fragum (Fragum) unedo, Fragum (Afrocardium) erugatum, Fragum (Lunulicardia) hemicardium
Acrosterigma dupuchense cockle
Fragum (Fragum) carinatum cockle
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Fragum (Afrocardium) erugatum Tate 1889 cockle
Fragum (Lunulicardia) hemicardium Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Leptomya psittacus clam | |
Exotica (Exotica) triradiata, Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, sensu lato Macoma sp., Macoma (Scissulina) dispar, "Tellina (Pinguitellina) cf. robusta" = Pinguitellina robusta, "Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna
Exotica (Exotica) triradiata tellin clam
Tellina (Tellinella) virgata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
sensu lato Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma (Scissulina) dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Tellina (Pinguitellina) cf. robusta" = Pinguitellina robusta Hanley 1844 tellin clam
"Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Gafrarium intermedium, Circe lenticularis, "Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Pitar (Pitarina) citrina, Callista (Costacallista) planatella, Antigona lamellaris, Placamen berrii, Placamen gravescens, Anomalocardia (Anomalodiscus) squamosa, Irus irus, Paphia (Callistotapes) crassisulca, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes literatus, Marcia fumigata, sensu lato Dosinia biscota, Dosinia sculpta
Gafrarium intermedium venus clam
Circe lenticularis Deshayes 1853 venus clam
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
Pitar (Pitarina) citrina venus clam
Callista (Costacallista) planatella venus clam
Antigona lamellaris venus clam
Placamen berrii venus clam
Placamen gravescens Menke 1843 venus clam
Anomalocardia (Anomalodiscus) squamosa Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Paphia (Callistotapes) crassisulca venus clam
Tapes dorsatus Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Tapes literatus Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Marcia fumigata venus clam
sensu lato Dosinia biscota venus clam
Dosinia sculpta Hanley 1845 venus clam Listed as Dosinia (Pectunculus) sculpta; Pectunculus not entered to avoid confusion with homonyms in Glycymerididae
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"Felaniella sp." = Diplodonta
"Felaniella sp." = Diplodonta Bronn 1831 clam | |
Melliteryx acupuncta Hedley 1902 clam | |
Lasaeidae indet. Gray 1842 clam | |
sensu lato Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Thracia alciope Angas 1872 clam | |
Fimbria soverbii clam
Divalinga sp. Chavan 1951 clam | |
Eucrassatella pulchra Reeve 1842 clam | |
Megacardita turgida clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Cylichnatys campanula snail
Liloa brevis snail | |
Cantharus erythrostomus true whelk | |
Nassarius albinus snail | |
"Zafra vercoi" = Anachis (Zafra)
"Zafra vercoi" = Anachis (Zafra) snail | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula ribbed mitre | |
Lepsiella flindersi murex snail
Morula fiscella murex snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
"Strombus (Doxander) campbelli" = Doxander campbelli
"Strombus (Doxander) campbelli" = Doxander campbelli Griffith and Pidgeon 1834 true conch | |
Elachorbis tatei snail | |
Pseudoliotia micans snail | |
Serpulorbis cf. sipho worm shell | |
Rhinoclavis bituberculata, Rhinoclavis fasciata, Cerithium tenellum, Clypeomorus bifasciata, Bittium icarus
Rhinoclavis bituberculata Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
Cerithium tenellum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Clypeomorus bifasciata Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Bittium icarus cerith snail | |
Diala lauta Adams 1862 snail
Diala lirulata Thiele 1930 snail | |
Alaba aff. bowenensis snail | |
Scaliola sp. Adams 1860 snail
Finella sp. Adams 1860 snail | |
Euchelus atratus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Solariella ? sp. Wood 1842 snail | |
Monilea califera top snail
Calliostoma (Salsipotens) rubiginosum top snail
Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi top snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi Preston 1914 snail | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail | |
Syrnola "sp. A", Syrnola "sp. B", "Cossmannica sp." = Tiberia (Cossmannica), Cingulina sp., Linopyrga sp.
Syrnola "sp. A" Adams 1860 snail
Syrnola "sp. B" Adams 1860 snail
"Cossmannica sp." = Tiberia (Cossmannica) snail
Cingulina sp. Adams 1861 snail
Linopyrga sp. snail |