Haig & Mory: Siliceous, later Eocene from Kalbarri 
Appendix 1 
Fossil assemblages previously recorded from the Eocene of the Southern Carnarvon Basin. Localities are shown in Fig 1. 
A. Type section of Giralia Calcarenite, Giralia Anticline 
"Smaller" Benthic Foraminifera: Species belonging to the 
agglutinated Foraminifera Dorothia, Gaudryina, 
Pseudoclavulina, Senhvulvulina, ISpirotextularia, Textularia, 
? Uvigerinammina; Order Lageniida, Astacolus , Dentalina, 
Favulitia, Globulina, Guttulina, Laevidentalina, Lagena, 
Lenticulina, Paltnula, Pyramidulina, Ramulina , and Vaginulina; 
Order Buliminida, Angulogerina , Brizalitia, Globocassidulina, 
Kolesnikovella , Loxostomina, Reussella ; Order Rotaliida, 
Alabamina, Amphistegma, Anomalinoides, Asterigerinata, 
Astrononion, Cibicides, Elphidium, Epistominella, IGlabratella, 
Gyroidinoides, Maslitiella, INeoeponides, Notiionella, 
Operculina, Pijpersia , Planorbulinella, Pulletiia, Sherbornina, 
Stomatorbina, IValvulineria (illustrated by Haig et al. 1997) 
"Larger" Benthic Foraminifera: Species belonging to Order 
Rotaliida Asterocyclina, Discocyclina, and Nummulites (Edgell 
1952; Cockbain 1978); and Order Miliolida Alveolina (Edgell 
1952) 
Planktonic Foraminifera 
Species attributed to upper part of Zone P12 of the Middle 
Eocene: Acarinina primitiva (Finlay), A. senni (Beckmann), A. 
bullbrooki (Bolli), A. collactea (Finlay), A. pseudotopilensis 
Subbotina, Globigerinatheka kugleri (Bolli, Loeblich & 
Tappan), Globigerinatheka subconglobata subconglobata 
(Shutskaya), Guembclitrioides sp. cf. G. higginsi (Bolli), 
Hantkenina sp cf H. australis Finlay, Pscudohastigerina micra 
(Cole), Subbotina frontosa (Subbotina), Truncorotaloides 
topilmsis (Cushman), and Truncorotaloides rohri Bronnimann 
& Bermudez (Haig et al. 1997) 
Nautiloids 
Species including: Aturia sp cf A. clarkei Teichert, Aturoidea 
brunnschweileri Glenister, Miller & Furnish; Teichertia prora 
Glenister, Miller & Furnish (Glenister, Miller & Furnish 
1956) 
Other skeletal debris observed in thin section (Haig et al. 
1997) 
Bryozoans; echinoids; coralline algae; Distichoplax algae 
B. Giralia Calcarenite at Red Bluff 
Benthic Foraminifera 
"Larger" calcareous hyaline species (Order Rotaliida): 
species belonging to Asterocyclina and Discocyclina 
(Cockbain 1978) 
Planktonic Foraminifera 
Globigerinatheka and morphotypes of the Acarinina- 
Truncorotaloides complex (Haig et al. 1997) 
Other skeletal debris observed in thin section (Haig et al. 
1997) 
Bryozoans 
C. Giralia Calcarenite at Yaringa 
Benthic Foraminifera 
"Larger" calcareous hyaline species (Order Rotaliida): 
species belonging to Discocyclina and Asterocyclina 
(Cockbain 1978) 
Other benthic foraminifera: smaller Rotaliida including 
Cibicides ; rare agglutinated and buliminid species (Haig et 
al. 1997) 
Planktonic Foraminifera 
?Acarinina and Subbotina (Haig et al. 1997) 
Other skeletal debris observed in thin section (Haig et al. 
1997) 
Bryozoans, echinoids, molluscs 
D. Type section of Merlinleigh Sandstone 
Benthic Foraminifera 
Calcareous hyaline benthic species (Order Rotaliida): 
species of Maslinella, Crespinina, Operculina, Rotalia 
(Cockbain 1981) 
Nautiloids 
Aturia clarkei Teichert (Teichert 1944) 
Other fossil groups 
Colonial corals (species of Cyphastrea, and Duncanopsammia 
according to Pulley 1959); hydrozoans (viz Millepora 
according to Pulley 1959); echinoids (species of Cyamidia 
and Lenicyamidia according to Brunnschweiler 1962); 
molluscs (Condon 1968); bryozoans (Cockbain 1981); leaf 
fossils, teredine-bored wood, and Banksia fruiting bodies 
(McNamara & Scott 1983) 
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