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 | |
Modiolatus hanleyi, Botula vagina, Modiolus philippinarum, Brachidontes ustulatus, Septifer bilocularis
Modiolatus hanleyi mussel
Botula vagina mussel
Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844 mussel
Brachidontes ustulatus mussel
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Musculus nanulus Thiele 1930 mussel | |
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 | |
Megacardita turgida clam | |
Eucrassatella pulchra Reeve 1842 clam | |
Thracia alciope Angas 1872 clam | |
Acrosterigma dupuchense, Fragum (Fragum) carinatum, Fragum (Afrocardium) erugatum, Fragum (Fragum) unedo, Fragum (Lunulicardia) hemicardium
Acrosterigma dupuchense cockle
Fragum (Fragum) carinatum cockle
Fragum (Afrocardium) erugatum Tate 1889 cockle
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Fragum (Lunulicardia) hemicardium Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Leptomya psittacus clam | |
Tellina (Tellinella) virgata, sensu lato Macoma sp., Macoma (Scissulina) dispar, "Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna, "Tellina (Pinguitellina) cf. robusta" = Pinguitellina robusta, Exotica (Exotica) triradiata
Tellina (Tellinella) virgata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
sensu lato Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma (Scissulina) dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam
"Tellina (Pharaonella) perna" = Tonganaella perna Spengler 1798 tellin clam
"Tellina (Pinguitellina) cf. robusta" = Pinguitellina robusta Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Exotica (Exotica) triradiata tellin clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
sensu lato Dosinia biscota, Dosinia sculpta, Tapes dorsatus, Tapes literatus, Irus irus, Marcia fumigata, Paphia (Callistotapes) crassisulca, Anomalocardia (Anomalodiscus) squamosa, Placamen berrii, Placamen gravescens, Antigona lamellaris, Callista (Costacallista) planatella, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Pitar (Pitarina) citrina, Circe lenticularis, "Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta, Gafrarium intermedium
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
Tapes dorsatus Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Tapes literatus Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Marcia fumigata venus clam
Paphia (Callistotapes) crassisulca venus clam
Anomalocardia (Anomalodiscus) squamosa Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Placamen berrii venus clam
Placamen gravescens Menke 1843 venus clam
Antigona lamellaris venus clam
Callista (Costacallista) planatella venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
Pitar (Pitarina) citrina venus clam
Circe lenticularis Deshayes 1853 venus clam
"Circe scripta" = Circe (Circe) scripta Linnaeus 1758 Script Venus
Gafrarium intermedium venus clam | |
"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 | |
Divalinga sp. Chavan 1951 clam
Fimbria soverbii clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Cylichnatys campanula snail
Liloa brevis snail | |
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail | |
Cingulina sp., Linopyrga sp., "Cossmannica sp." = Tiberia (Cossmannica), Syrnola "sp. A", Syrnola "sp. B"
Cingulina sp. Adams 1861 snail
Linopyrga sp. snail
"Cossmannica sp." = Tiberia (Cossmannica) snail
Syrnola "sp. A" Adams 1860 snail
Syrnola "sp. B" Adams 1860 snail | |
Elachorbis tatei snail | |
Pseudoliotia micans snail | |
"Strombus (Doxander) campbelli" = Doxander campbelli
"Strombus (Doxander) campbelli" = Doxander campbelli Griffith and Pidgeon 1834 true conch | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula ribbed mitre | |
Morula fiscella murex snail
Lepsiella flindersi murex snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Nassarius albinus snail | |
"Zafra vercoi" = Anachis (Zafra)
"Zafra vercoi" = Anachis (Zafra) snail | |
Cantharus erythrostomus true whelk | |
Serpulorbis cf. sipho worm shell | |
Alaba aff. bowenensis snail | |
Diala lauta Adams 1862 snail
Diala lirulata Thiele 1930 snail | |
Scaliola sp. Adams 1860 snail
Finella sp. Adams 1860 snail | |
Rhinoclavis bituberculata, Rhinoclavis fasciata, Clypeomorus bifasciata, Cerithium tenellum, Bittium icarus
Rhinoclavis bituberculata Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
Clypeomorus bifasciata Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium tenellum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Bittium icarus cerith snail | |
Thalotia (Prothalotia) cf. flindersi top snail
Monilea califera top snail
Calliostoma (Salsipotens) rubiginosum top snail | |
Solariella ? sp. Wood 1842 snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi Preston 1914 snail | |
Euchelus atratus Gmelin 1791 snail |