BMR PB14, Fossil Ridge, Irwin River Area (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (28.9° S, 115.6° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 98.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fossil Cliff Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85843: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirelytha fredericksi
Spirelytha fredericksi Archbold and Thomas 1984
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Ptychomphalina talboti n. sp." = Bradyospira talboti
"Ptychomphalina talboti n. sp." = Bradyospira talboti Dickins 1963 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Praeundulomya subelongata
Praeundulomya subelongata Dickins 1963 clam
 Solenida - Konduriidae
? Palaeosolen badgeraensis
? Palaeosolen badgeraensis Dickins 1963 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Plagiostoma "sp. nov."
? Plagiostoma "sp. nov." Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma mytiloides
Atomodesma mytiloides Beyrich 1865 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus koneckii
Modiolus koneckii Dickins 1963 mussel