Morse Road, Mount Faber (Triassic of Singapore)

Where: Singapore (1.3° N, 103.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 99.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. B. Scrivenor; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. B. Newton. 1923. On marine Triassic shells from Singapore. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(69):300-321 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202320: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina cf. fragilis" = Punctospirella fragilis
"Spiriferina cf. fragilis" = Punctospirella fragilis Schlotheim 1814
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis
"Lopha cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis Klipstein 1843 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia scrivenori n. sp. Newton 1923 oyster
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella cf. tenuistria Münster 1841 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Spondylus dubiosus" = Mysidioptera dubiosa
"Spondylus dubiosus" = Mysidioptera dubiosa Bittner 1895 file clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Prospondylus comtus" = Neomorphotis comta
"Prospondylus comtus" = Neomorphotis comta Goldfuss 1863 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys ? valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis
"Chlamys ? valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis Defrance 1825 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
? Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Opis cf. hoeninghausi" = Opis hoeninghausii
"Opis cf. hoeninghausi" = Opis hoeninghausii Klipstein 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Modiolopsis gonoides" = Healeya gonoides
"Modiolopsis gonoides" = Healeya gonoides Healey 1908 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Palaeocardita cf. crenata" = Septocardia crenata
"Palaeocardita cf. crenata" = Septocardia crenata Goldfuss 1837 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia astartiformis Münster 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam
Myophoria bittneri Newton 1923 clam
Myophoria ornata Münster 1841 clam
Myophoria cf. goldfussi Alberti 1834 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia colon Münster 1841 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -