Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
In New Zealand the Waipara Greensands (Cretaceous) contain a species of
_Rostellaria_ (_R. waiparensis_) (Fig. 101 E).
=Cainozoic Gasteropods.--=
Cainozoic Gasteropods are exceedingly abundant in beds of that system
in Australasia. The Cainozoic marine fauna in Australia is practically
restricted to the States of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania;
whilst New Zealand has many species in common with Australia.
=Genera.--=
The commonest genera of the marine Cainozoic or Tertiary deposits
are:--_Haliotis_, _Fissurellidea_, _Emarginula_, _Subemarginula_,
_Astralium_, _Liotia_, _Gibbula_, _Eulima_, _Niso_, _Odostomia_,
_Scala_, _Solarium_, _Crepidula_, _Calyptraea_, _Natica_, _Rissoa_,
_Turritella_, _Siliquaria_, _Cerithium_, _Newtoniella_, _Tylospira_,
_Cypraea_, _Trivia_, _Morio_, _Semicassis_, _Lotorium_, _Murex_, _Typhis_,
_Columbella_, _Phos_, _Nassa_, _Siphonalia_, _Euthria_ (_Dennantia_),
_Fusus_, _Columbarium_, _Fasciolaria_, _Latirus_, _Marginella_, _Mitra_,
_Volutilithes_, _Voluta_, _Harpa_, _Ancilla_, _Cancellaria_, _Terebra_,
_Pleurotoma_, _Drillia_, _Conus_, _Bullinella_ and _Vaginella_.
=Persistent Species.--=
Amongst the Cainozoic Gasteropoda of southern Australia which have a
persistent range through Balcombian to Kalimnan times, we find:--_Niso
psila_, _Crepidula unguiformis_ (also Werrikooian and Recent), _Natica
perspectiva_, _N. hamiltonensis_, _Turritella murrayana_, _Cerithium
apheles_, _Cypraea leptorhyncha_, _Lotorium gibbum_, _Volutilithes
antiscalaris_ (also in Werrikooian), _Marginella propinqua_, _Ancilla
pseudaustralis_, _Conus ligatus_ and _Bullinella exigua_.
=Balcombian Gasteropods.--=
Species restricted to the Balcombian stage include _Scala dolicho_,
_Seguenzia radialis_, _Dissocheilus eburneus_, _Trivia erugata_, _Cypraea
ampullacea_ (Fig. 102 A), _C. gastroplax_, _Colubraria leptoskeles_,
_Murex didymus_ (Fig. 102 B), _Eburnopsis aulacoessa_ (Fig. 102 C),
_Fasciolaria concinna_, _Mitra uniplica_, _Harpa abbreviata_, _Ancilla
lanceolata_, _Cancellaria calvulata_ (Fig. 102 D), _Buchozia oblongula_,
_Pleurotoma optata_, _Terebra leptospira_ and _Vaginella eligmostoma_
(Fig. 102 E), (also found at Gellibrand River).
[Illustration: =Fig. 102--CAINOZOIC GASTEROPODA.=
A--Cypraea ampullacea, Tate. Cainozoic (Balc.) Victoria
B--Murex didymus, Tate. Cainozoic (Balc.) Victoria
C--Eburnopsis aulacoessa, Tate. Cainozoic (Balc.) Victoria
D--Cancellaria calvulata, Tate. Cainozoic (Balc.) Victoria
E--Vaginella eligmostoma, Tate. Cainozoic (Balc.) Victoria
]
[Illustration: =Fig. 103--CAINOZOIC GASTEROPODA.=
A--Eutrochus fontinalis, Pritchard. Cainozoic (Janjukian). Vict.
B--Morio wilsoni, Tate. Cainozoic (Janjukian). Victoria
C--Scala lampra, Tate sp. Cainozoic (Janjukian). South Australia
D--Natica gibbosa, Hutton. Cainozoic (Janjukian). South Australia
E--Volutilithes anticingulatus, McCoy sp. Cainozoic (Janjukian).
Victoria
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