Also known as Loc. 22 (McNamara and Kendrick 1994)
Where: Western Australia, Australia (20.8° S, 115.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed formation. Late Pleistocene deposits unconformably overly Miocene rocks of the Poivre Fm. THICKNESS: 2 m thick in places. AGE: First determined to be Pleistocene by Smith (1962); no justification stated in text for assignment to Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Not stated in text.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTORS: Collected by authors, K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. REPOSITORY: Western Australian Museum (WAM)
Primary reference: K.J. McNamara and G.W. Kendrick. 1994. Cenozoic Molluscs and Echinoids of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 51 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63321: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.08.2006
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
Tectus fenestratus Gmelin 1791 top snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi Preston 1914 snail
Angaria tyria snail | |
Diodora jukesi snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Cypraea histrio" = Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio, "Cypraea eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina
"Cypraea histrio" = Cypraea (Mauritia) histrio Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea eglantina" = Mauritia eglantina Duclos 1833 cowry | |
Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
"Cymatium (Septa) pilearis" = Septa
"Cymatium (Septa) pilearis" = Septa triton shell | |
Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis aspera Linnaeus 1758 cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Brechites (Brechites) australis watering pot shell | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Placamen sp. Iredale 1925 venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Circe lenticularis Deshayes 1853 venus clam | |
Acrosterigma dupuchense cockle
Fulvia aperta Bruguière 1789 cockle
Fragum (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Megacardita turgida clam | |
"Chlamys (Annachlamys) leopardus" = Annachlamys flabellatus, "Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. australis" = Mimachlamys asperrima
"Chlamys (Annachlamys) leopardus" = Annachlamys flabellatus Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. australis" = Mimachlamys asperrima Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844 mussel | |
Anthozoa | |
Acropora "sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. B" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. C" Oken 1815 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |