Irwin River, Victoria District: Sakmarian, Australia
collected by Harry Woodward
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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"Bellerophon" ? decussatus
Fleming 1828
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| recombined as Retispira decussatus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Myofossa (Ragozinia) amatopensis
(Thomas 1928)
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Morris et al. 1991 | |||||||||
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Pachydomus carinatus
Morris 1845
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| recombined as Myonia (Myomedia) carinata | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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"Discites" sp.
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| spelled with current rank as Nautilus (Discites) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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"Orthoceras" sp.
Breynius 1832
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Chonetes pratti
(Davidson 1859)
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Newton 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetidae
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"Orthotetes" crenistria
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Productus undatus
Defrance 1826
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= Cancrinella irwinensis
Archbold 1983
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Archbold 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Costatumulus irwinensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Productus tenuistriatus
de Verneuil 1845
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= Globiella foordi
Etheridge 1903
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Archbold 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cimmeriella foordi | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Aulostegidae
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Productus subquadratus
Morris 1845
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| recombined as Taeniothaerus subquadratus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Spirifera musakheylensis
(Davidson 1862)
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| Spirifera musakheylensis var. australis | ||||||||||
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= Neospirifer hardmani
Foord 1890
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Archbold and Thomas 1986 | |||||||||
| recombined as Quadrospira hardmani | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Reticularia lineata
(Martin 1809)
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= Spirelytha fredericksi
Archbold and Thomas 1984
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Archbold and Thomas 1984 | |||||||||
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Reticularia crebristria
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= Spirelytha fredericksi
Archbold and Thomas 1984
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Archbold and Thomas 1984 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris exsuperans
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= Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi
Thomas 1971
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Thomas 1971 | |||||||||
| recombined as Myodelthyrium dickinsi | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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"Fenestella" sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Plerophyllidae
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Plerophyllum australe
Hinde 1890
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Hinde 1890 | |||||||||
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Plerophyllum sulcatum
Hinde 1890
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Hinde 1890 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 28.9° South, 115.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.6° South, 97.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Sakmarian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sakmarian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Ferruginous sandstone and conglomerate, resting unconformably on Coal-measures." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Harry Woodward |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131548 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-26 09:31:31 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-26 09:31:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42461. | A. H. Foord. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia, continued. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:145-155 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 27339 | N. W. Archbold. 1983. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 3. The Family Linoproductidae Stehli 1954. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95(4):237-254 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27556 | N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1984. Permian Elythidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Australia. Alcheringa 8:311-326 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27308 | N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1986. Neospirifer and Trigonotreta (Spiriferida, Brachiopoda) from the Permian of Western Australia. Alcheringa 10:125-161 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 42455 | G. J. Hinde. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:194-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27516 | N. J. Morris, J. M. Dickins, and K. Astafieva-Urbaitis. 1991. Upper Palaeozoic Anomalodesmatan Bivalvia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 47(1):51-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 42463 | R. B. Newton. 1892. On the occurrence of Chonetes pratti, Davidson, in the Carboniferous rocks of Western Australia. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 9:542-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27554 | G. A. Thomas. 1971. Carboniferous and Early Permian brachiopods from western and northern Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 56:1-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |