Oyster buildup Walker Flat, Padthaway Ridge (Pliocene of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3458

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.8° S, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 139.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norwest Bend Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Monospecific oyster bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: P. K. Pufahl and N. P. James. 2006. Monospecific Pliocene oyster buildups, Murray Basin, South Australia: Brackish water end member of the reef spectrum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 233(1-2):11-33 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62469: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Phasianella sp. Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea angasi Sowerby 1846 oyster