Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 115.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° S, 115.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Peppermint Grove Limestone Member (Tamala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Peppermint Grove Limestone is relegated to member status following Kendrick et al. 1991. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationships to other bounding units, as not mentioned in text. THICKNESS: Shell bed about two feet in thickness. AGE: Late Pleistocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified, coarse-grained, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, brown, sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by members of the Western Australia Naturalist's Club. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Primary reference: G. W. Kendrick. 1960. The fossil Mollusca of the Peppermint Grove Limestone, Swan River district or Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 7(3):53-66 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63207: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Dicathais aegrota snail | |
Granuliscala granosa wentletrap | |
"Vertagus asper" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
Cacozeliana granarium cerith snail
Cacozeliana icarus cerith snail | |
Notocochlis marochiensis moon snail
Polinices conicus Lamarck 1822 moon snail | |
Tectarius rugosus, "Melaraphe unifasciata" = Littorina (Melaraphe)
Tectarius rugosus periwinkle
"Melaraphe unifasciata" = Littorina (Melaraphe) periwinkle | |
"Antisabia sp." = Hipponix (Antisabia), "Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia sp." = Hipponix (Antisabia) Iredale 1917 hoof shell
"Antisabia erma" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell | |
Oliva ornata, "Oliva australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis
Oliva ornata olive snail
"Oliva australis" = Oliva (Strephona) australis Duclos 1835 olive snail | |
Fusus australis snail | |
Euplica bidentata snail | |
Bedeva paivae Crosse 1864 murex snail | |
"Herpetopoma apersa" = Euchelus (Herpetopoma)
"Herpetopoma apersa" = Euchelus (Herpetopoma) snail | |
Amblychilepas nigrita Sowerby 1835 snail | |
Haliotis roei Gray 1826 abalone | |
Munditia australis snail | |
Cantharidus pulcherrimus top snail
Clanculus consorbrinus top snail
Clanculus personatus top snail
Austrocochlea rudis top snail | |
Notosetia nitens snail | |
"Ninella whitleyi" = Turbo (Ninella), "Euninella gruneri" = Turbo (Euninella), "Senectus pulcher" = Turbo (Senectus)
"Ninella whitleyi" = Turbo (Ninella) snail
"Euninella gruneri" = Turbo (Euninella) snail
"Senectus pulcher" = Turbo (Senectus) snail | |
"Notoacmaea onychitus" = Notoacmea limpet
Patelloida nigrosulcata limpet
Patelloida alticostata Angas 1865 limpet | |
"Patellanax peroni" = Scutellastra, "Patellanax laticostata" = Scutellastra
"Patellanax peroni" = Scutellastra limpet
"Patellanax laticostata" = Scutellastra limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
"Hormomya sp." = Brachidontes (Hormomya) Mörch 1853 mussel
Mytilus planulatus mussel
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Barbatia laminata clam
Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1839 ark | |
Spondylus tenellus scallop | |
Crassostrea cf. tuberculata oyster
Ostrea angasi Sowerby 1846 oyster | |
Fragum erugatum Tate 1889 cockle
"Regozara flava" = Trachycardium (Regozara) cockle
Fulvia tenuicostata Lamarck 1819 cockle | |
"Homalina deltoidalis" = Tellina (Homalina) tellin clam
Angulus perna tellin clam
Macoma dispar tellin clam | |
Mactra pura clam | |
Mesodesma nitida clam | |
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce), Katelysia scalarina, Katelysia rhytiphora, Gomphina undulosa, Eumarcia fumigata, Venerupis cf. iris
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce) venus clam
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Katelysia rhytiphora Lamy 1937 venus clam
Gomphina undulosa venus clam
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
Venerupis cf. iris venus clam | |