Where: Western Australia, Australia (35.0° S, 117.9° E: paleocoordinates 55.4° S, 103.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pallinup Siltstone Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, recrystallized, original aragonite, original calcite, replaced with silica
Collection methods: Collections are registered in the Western Australia Museum (WAM) and Museum of Victoria (NMV).
Primary reference: T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2000. Eocene bivalves and gastropods from the Pallinup Siltstone, Western Australia, with new records from the Eocene and Oligocene of southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 112(1):17-58 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48441: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2005, edited by Amanda Doyle
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
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Gastropoda | |
Agathodonta ? sp. Cossmann 1918 snail | |
Danilia vialis snail | |
Liotina lamellosa snail | |
Trochidae "indet. A", Trochidae "indet. B", Clanculus sp., Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus, Calliostoma sp., Calliostoma (Fautor) numapum, Trochaclis ? stillata
Trochidae "indet. A" Rafinesque 1815 top snail
Trochidae "indet. B" Rafinesque 1815 top snail
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Micrelenchus (Plumbelenchus) armulatus Darragh and Kendrick 2000 top snail
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
Calliostoma (Fautor) numapum Darragh and Kendrick 2000 top snail
Trochaclis ? stillata top snail | |
Homalopoma (Homalopoma) limnaios, "? Pseudoninella sp." = Angaria (Pseudoninella), ? Astralium sp., Bolma (Bolma) flindersi, Turbo (Euninella) hamiltonensis
"? Pseudoninella sp." = Angaria (Pseudoninella) Sacco 1896 snail
? Astralium sp. Link 1807 snail
Turbo (Euninella) hamiltonensis Harris 1897 snail | |
Tricolia psila snail | |
Leucorhynchia ventricosa snail
Leucorhynchia rotulina snail | |
Emarginula ? sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Nacella ? jutsoni limpet | |
"Eutinochilus otwayensis" = Teinostoma (Eutinochilus)
"Eutinochilus otwayensis" = Teinostoma (Eutinochilus) snail | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula tatei nut clam | |
Sarepta planiuscula Tate 1886 clam | |
Nuculana (Saccella) chapmani Finlay 1924 pointed nut clam | |
Arcopsis dissimilis clam | |
Tucetona lenticularis Tate 1886 clam | |
Arca pseudonavicularis Tate 1886 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) gunsoni" = Acar miniature ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) limatella Tate 1886 clam | |
Notogrammatodon cainozoicus Tate 1886 clam | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) chapmani Singleton 1932 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) multiradiata Tate 1886 clam | |
Limarca angustifrons Tate 1886 clam | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) emaciata scallop | |
Anomia (Anomia) cf. cymbula Tate 1886 jingle | |
Limidae indet., "Limea (? Gemellima) sp." = Gemellima
Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 file clam
"Limea (? Gemellima) sp." = Gemellima Iredale 1929 file clam | |
Spondylus cf. gaderopoides McCoy 1876 scallop | |
Dimya sigillata Tate 1886 scallop | |
Vulsella laevigata Tate 1886 oyster | |
Epicodakia sp. Iredale 1930 clam | |
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) pixidata" = Caryocorbula pixidata
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) pixidata" = Caryocorbula pixidata Tate 1887 clam | |
Dosina multilamellata venus clam | |
Vepricardium (Hedecardium) ? moniletectum Tate 1887 cockle | |
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Verticordia "sp. A" Sowerby 1844 clam
Verticordia "sp. B" Sowerby 1844 clam | |
Salaputium communis clam | |
Cyclocardia (? Vimentum) sp. Iredale 1925 clam |