Palembang Formation - Sumatra (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (2.9° S, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 105.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Palembang Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Early Miocene according to Skwarko (1994); Late Miocene for Lower Palembang Fm-Late Pliocene for Upper Palembang Fm based on correlation table of Shuto (1975), which is favored here as it accounts for mollusca and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, rather than historic age assignments.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70083: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Liotiidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) talarensis" = Haustator, "Turritella (Haustator) sedanensis" = Haustator sedanensis
"Turritella (Haustator) talarensis" = Haustator turret shell
"Turritella (Haustator) sedanensis" = Haustator sedanensis Martin 1905 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Anazola) subulata Reeve 1858 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Turricula (Surcula) plagioptyx" = Turricula
"Turricula (Surcula) plagioptyx" = Turricula snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus (Conolithus) pseudorbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) pseudorbignyi, "Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis
"Conus (Conolithus) pseudorbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) pseudorbignyi Röckel and Lan 1981 cone shell
"Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis Martin 1895 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra herklotsi Martin 1879 auger snail
"Terebra (Myurella) kueneni" = Terebra auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) helvacea Lamarck 1822 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula arctatoides Martin 1879 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
 Patellida - Nacellidae
  -
? Tornatella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Barbatia gibba Martin 1879 clam
Barbatia axinaea Boettger 1883 clam
Scapharca (Scapharca) geyleri Boettger 1881 clam
Scapharca eusphaera Boettger 1883 clam
Anadara kroensis Boettger 1883 ark
COMMENTS: Includes subspecies A. kroensis subcarinata
Anadara obliquidens Boettger 1883 ark
Anadara suboblonga Boettger 1883 ark
Trisidos semitorta Lamarck 1819 clam
Barbatia (Acar) trapeziformis Martin 1879 miniature ark
Arca (Arca) sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arca (Arca) subcalcarea Oostingh 1941 ark
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea pachygastris Boettger 1880 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Lopha hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Lopha hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes toechophora Boettger 1883 mussel
Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Linga (Bellucina) tebatnapalensis" = Cardiolucina tebatnapalensis Oostingh 1941 clam
Lucinoma subcalcareous Oostingh 1941 clam
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina "sp. 1" Bruguière 1797 clam
COMMENTS: Lucina sp. 1 of Oostingh 1941
Lucina "sp. 2" Bruguière 1797 clam
COMMENTS: Lucina sp. 2 of Oostingh 1942
Lucina limopsis Boettger 1883 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia striata Linnaeus 1758 clam
SUBSPECIES: M. striata laevior
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tivela imitatrix venus clam
Venerupis martini venus clam
Venerupis fritschi venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Dosinia dubiosa venus clam
Dosinia polyptyx venus clam
Chione "sp. 4" von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 4 of Oostingh 1942
Chione "sp. 2" von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 2 of Oostingh 1942
Chione martini venus clam
Chione "sp. 3" von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
COMMENTS: Chione sp. 3 of Oostingh 1942
Chione "sp. 1" von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Chione idiomorpha venus clam
Chione kroensis venus clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
 Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia sp. Deshayes 1835 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp., "Nemocardium (Discors) musperi" = Discors, Laevicardium kelirense
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Nemocardium (Discors) musperi" = Discors cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina (Arcopagia) ovatula" = Arcopagia tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Scrobicularia angulata clam
SUBSPECIES: S. angulata aequistriata
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp., "Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis" = Nucula njalindungensis
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula (Nucula) njalindungensis" = Nucula njalindungensis Martin 1919 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana praeradiata" = Leda praeradiata
"Nuculana praeradiata" = Leda praeradiata Boettger 1883 pointed nut clam