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1 r itwBMl b iIHE 1 I IVUS01TT1U 1IDS'r MUSEUM VOLUME 22 PART 1 MAY 1988 CONTENTS: PAGES BAEHR, B. & BAEHR, M. 13-20 On Australian Hersiliidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the South Australian Museum. Supplement to the revision of the Australian Hersiliidae BARKER, R.M. 173-188 Yanyuwa canoe making CLARKE, P.A. 63-76 Aboriginal use of subterranean plant parts in southern South Australia CLEVERLY, W.H. 41-48 Australites from the vicinity of Finke, Northern Territory, Australia GOMMERS, EL. 131-138 Diamonds from the Echunga Goldfields, South Australia GOWLETT-HOLMES, K.L. & McHENRY, B.J. 1-11 Fossil mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. I. Polyplacophora HEMMING, S.J. 191-193 Ngurunderi: a Ngarrindjeri Dreaming HIRST, D. 77 Amended type localities of five species of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) described by H. R. Hogg in 1905 HORTON, P. 189 Review of The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and Plants in Southern Australia* LAMPERT, R.J. & HUGHES, P.J. 139-168 Early human occupation of the Flinders Ranges PICKERING, M. & DEVITT, J. 169-171 Notes on a wooden implement type from north-eastern Arnhem Land SCOTT, G.G. & RICHARDSON, K.C. 29-39 Osteological differences of the axial skeleton between Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) and Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) (Marsupialia: Vombatidae) SCOTT, G.G. & RICHARDSON, K.C. 95-102 Appendicular osteological differences between Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) and Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) (Marsupialia: Vombatidae) SOUTHCOTT, R.V. 103-116 Two new larval mites (Acarina: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on north Queensland cicadas STROMMER, N.G. 79-93 Genera Nabis Latreille and Stenonabis Reuter (Hemiptera: Nabidae) in Australia WATTS, C.H.S. 21-28 Revision of Australian Halipilidae (Coleoptera) WATTS, C.H.S. 117-130 Revision of Australasian Hydrophilus Muller, 1764 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) WHITE, I.M. 49-51 The limits on fighting in an Aboriginal community WILLIAMS, E. 53-62 The archaeology of the Cooper Basin: report on fieldwork Erratum for Volume 22(1) 195 Volume 22(1) was published on 4 July 1988. Volume 22(2) was published on 19 December 1988. ISSN 0081-2676 FOSSIL MOLLUSC TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 1. POLYPLACOPHORA byK. L. Gowlett-Holmes & B. 7. Mchenry Summary The South Australian Museum collection of fossil chiton types is the largest in the southern hemisphere. It contains primary type material, and some secondary types, of 63 species and subspecies. A further species is represented only by secondary types. All species are from the Tertiary strata of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Species are listed alphabetically according to the original name of the genus or species. FOSSIL MOLLUSC TYPE SPECIMENS IN TDK SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 1. POLYPLACOPHORA K. L, GOWLETT-HOLMES & B T. MCHENRY GOWLETT-HOLMES. K. L., & MCHENRY, B. J. 1988. Fossil mollusc type 8$Cgft£fta in Ihc South Australian I /?*•<-. Museum . Polyplacophora. S. Aust Mu.\ 22 (I): I 11. The South Australian Museum collection of fossil chiton tv|K*.s K rbe largest m the southern hemisphere, It contains primary type material, and some secondary types, of<S3 species jih) sub-species. A further species is represented only by secondary types. All species are from the Tertiary strata of Victoria. South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand -Species are listed alphabetically according m the original name of the genus or specie.*. K. L. Gowlett-Holmes & B J. McHenry, South Australian Museum, North Terrace. Adelaide. South Australia 5000. Manuscript received 10 Februao' I9K7. Most of the fossil chiton types in ihe South Austra- During this study il was noticed that (here were several lian Museum are due to the work of E. Ashby, mainly inaccuracies and ambiguities in the geological data of in conjunction with B.C. Cotton and W.G. Torr. Other the original type descriptions, so It is necessary te fossil chiton types are the result of the Work of Cotton make some corrections and clarifications at this stage. Godfrey Since Godfrey ( 1940) little & Cotton & has According to Johnston ( 1 877), the fossiliferous beds al been published on Australian fossil chitons, and no Table Cape, Tasmania, occur at two small bluffs neai further types have been added to the collection. the township of Wynyard, The Table Cape Group We believe that the South Australian Museum col- exposed here includes two formations; the Freestone lection of fossil chilon types is the largesl in the Cove Sandstone (the 'Crassatella Beds' of Johnston .1 SQUthQJH hemisphere and one of the more significant which grades upwards into the overlying Fossil Bluff collections in the wo/Id. it includes type material for Sandstone (Banks 1962). Ashby (1029) proposed the .species 64 or subspecies, all of which have been Lower Bed' at Table Cape to be ihc type locality and verified by us according to available material and horizon for Lotitella gigantea Ashby & Torr. ]jN)l< information. The specimens are all individual valves. Quilty {J 972) refers to chiton plates in the lower six and are listed as 'complete' when the insertion plates inches' of the Freestone Cove Sandstone and we be- and Mitural lamina are present, as 'incomplete when lieve this to be Ihe level from which the Ashby speci- these are missing or the valve shghtiy damaged, or a.s mens were collected. At that time, the age of the fossil 'fragment' when less than hall of the valve is present m deposits at Table Cape was thought to he Eocene one piece. (Johnston 1880. 1885, Pritchard 1896) and was until In Ihc following list, species are arranged quite recently believed to be Janjukian (Banks 1962). alphabetically in families under the original name at Later studies (Quilty 1966; Ludhrook 1967a, 1973) the time of description. Changes in familial slants have shown these strata to be Longfordtan, thus the have been cross-referenced. The present status of each Janjukian age of the Table Cape chilon lypes needs species is, unless indicated otherwise, according to further consideration. van Belle (1981), except thai the family The original description oJ Lepidopleurus Afossochitonidae is not recognised following clifdencn.sis Ashby, 1929 states that this species is 1987'). Gowlett-Holmes ( The following abbreviations from Clifden at the southern end of the South Island of are used in the text NMV = Museum of Victoria, New Zealand and is Hutchinsonian (basal early Melbourne; N.Z. * New Zealand; BA = South Miocene) in age, but no stratigraphical data are sup- Australia: SAMA - South Australian plied, Museum, Both B.L. Wood in Suggate €1 al \ 1978) and Adelaide; Tas. - Tasmania; Vic. - Victoria. Ludhrook (1967b) indicate thai Hutchinsonian strata ai Clifden are most likely the Clifden Limestone, and Straiiurapiiicai Notts so we believe this to be the formation from which ihis species was collected. All fossil chiton types in the South Australian The fossii locality al Gellibrand River. Victoria, Museum come from the Tertiary strata of Victoria. occurs in either Ihe Longfordian-Bate&fordian Gelli- South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, ranging brand Marl or the underlying Janjukian Longfordian from early Miocene to late Pliocene (Tables 1. 2). Clifton Formation. Both of these units crop out on the ) FOSSIL MOLLUSC TYPES. 1. POLYPLACOPHORA AGF EPOCH AUSTRALIAN OTWAY BASIN BASIN BASS STRAIT NEW ZEALAND nt,y. ST VINCENT STAGES TYRENDARRA PORT PHILLIP SERIES EMBAYMENT EMBAYMENT PLEISTOCENE WbRHIKOHIAN CREEK SAMPS YATALAN DRV PLIOCENE kai imnan GHAf*i" BI_HN FORMATION :hpi tfnhamian Mftt.HLLLIAN 10 -l BACRNSDAUAN FYANSFORD FORMATION MUODV CRETK MAKI BALCGMElAN C BALCOMBE CLAY*) BATESFORQiAM CLII DLM.IMi M'oNF LDNUfO'iUiAfJ 20 - TABLE CAPE GROUP relevant fossil chiton horizons of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. TABLE 1 . Generalised correlaiion chan for the ZEALAND ADELAIDE PLAINS MACDONDONALDS, FORSYTHS CLIFTON BANK MORNINCTON BASS S THAI 1 NEW ORY CREEK SANOS GRANGE BURN FORMAT ION MUDDY CREEK MARL BALCOMBF-CLAY TASLE CAPE GROUP CLIFDEN LIMESTONE UPPER PLIOCENE MIDDIE PLIOCENE MIDDLE MIOCENE LOWER MIDDLE MIOCENE LOWER MIOCENE LOWER MIOCENE Acanthochilon (Eoptax) Acanthochilon drunus Acanthochiton casus AuMttiachitss (Netopia* Chiton tossicus Lepidc-pleurus clitttensts afialmdae A torsytbansis A pilsbryoides granulosis C paucipustulosa Chiton (Attthochlton) A (Ltrachitonl inetpectus A sabraius A tQ&tratuh Lorica aftinls A smgtatoni Atfosocbtton cudmoiBi Acanthocbiton balcombiansis L. oompressa Cryptopla* ludbrookap A. inanauloioes A (Tetoctitton) dendus Cattochitan (Ocellochtton) Loncetlla gigantea Amsochiton (letochiton) A. (Telochiton) iscus sulci magnlcostatus Caltlstochiton reticulatM A suici Ischnochiton (Rasidla) Anfhochiton duadnni cllftonensis A marxtanatdansis Lopidaplfurus badtoides A. octocosiatus L itlvarsigranosus Cryptoplax numicus L maonogranHar C sicus I niva'us Cattistochiion greedt L pamptuiius C imiipeclus I relatus C reticulatus Aulacochiton erma Catinchihi't macdonaldt i orica oajltta Isochnociiiton cossyms L vaton* 1 Ourius Oocbiton "alii 1 nwglBvlus 1 numanitvs I. tlsuruz I valerian 1 vmajtis Bsicliiton pulchemmus t iipidopiewun babidus L badioidfts L. aaphus L sinervus 1 singutt L uxettus- Molacbiton naxus i oricella concava t magHtpiixtulosa TABLE 2. Geographic and stratigraphic distribution of SAMA fossil chiton types. Species are listed under their original names, see text for changes and synonymies. K.L. GOWLETT-HOLMES & B.J. MCHENRY coast of western Victoria approximately 1 km north of Note: See note on Schnapper Point in the Stratigraphi- the mouth of the Gellibrand River (Abele el al. 1976). cal Notes. Although the type specimens oiPlaxiphora concen- Acanthochites rostratus Ashby & Torr, 1901 trica and P. gellibrandi were designated as corning Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 25 (2): 140, pi. 4, fig. 5. from this locality, subsequent examination of the = Afossochiton rostratus (Ashby & Torr. 1901 ). valves by the authors has led us to believe that the Holotype: T84I, 1 incomplete median valve, from specimens are in fact recent examples of the living Schnapper Point, Mornington, Vic, Balcombe Clay, species Plaxiphora (P.) albida, and not fossil remains early to middle Miocene (Batesfordian - at all. Bairnsdalian), collected by R. Tate and J.