Where: Western Australia, Australia (32.0° S, 115.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° S, 115.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Minim Cove Member (Tamala Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Kendrick et al. 1991 raised the Tamala Limestone to formation status to include both the Peppermint Grove Limestone and Minim Cove Mbr. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown relationships to other bounding units, as not mentioned in text. Immediately below PBDB# 63209, about 20 ft above water level. AGE: Late Pleistocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
• 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 63208: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Spirula spirula ram's horn shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma interruptum top snail | |
Notosetia nitens snail | |
"Senectus pulcher" = Turbo (Senectus)
"Senectus pulcher" = Turbo (Senectus) snail | |
Haminoea brevis snail | |
Retusa apicina snail | |
Bullaria botanica snail | |
Akera soluta snail | |
Zeacumantus cerithium horn snail | |
Cacozeliana icarus cerith snail | |
Notocochlis marochiensis moon snail | |
Elachorbis tatei snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cavatidens perplexa clam
Wallucina assimilis clam | |
Fragum erugatum Tate 1889 cockle | |
Macoma dispar tellin clam
Angulus perna tellin clam | |
Mesodesma nitida clam | |
Venerupis cf. iris, Katelysia rhytiphora, Katelysia scalarina, Eumarcia fumigata, "Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce)
Venerupis cf. iris venus clam
Katelysia rhytiphora Lamy 1937 venus clam
Katelysia scalarina Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
"Redicirce plebeia" = Circe (Redicirce) venus clam | |
Thracia alciope Angas 1872 clam | |
Laternula creccina clam | |
Anadara trapezia Deshayes 1839 ark | |
Electroma cf. georgiana pearl oyster |