Ironstone Ridge, south-east of Yeeda Station, on the Fitzroy River: Artinskian - Kungurian, Australia
collected by Mr. Froggatt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Mourlonia ? humilis
(de Koninck 1877)
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| recombined as Platyzona humilis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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"Euphemus" ? orbignii
(Portlock 1843)
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| recombined as Euphemites dorbignii | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia sp.
de Koninck 1841
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon ? subarguta
(De Koninck 1877)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Heteropectinidae
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Aviculopecten ? tenuicollis
(Dana 1847)
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| recombined as Etheripecten tenuicollis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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"Pterinea" ? macroptera
Morris 1845
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| recombined as Merismopteria macroptera | |||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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"Productus" ? brachythaerus
Morris 1845
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| recombined as Terrakea brachythaera | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 18.4° South, 124.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.2° South, 112.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Artinskian - Kungurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 290.10000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Noonkanbah | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Presumably Noonkanbah Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sandy ironstone crammed with fossils | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Mr. Froggatt |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Most likely in Australian Museum. Originally in collection of W. Macleay. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Species not illustrated, many identifications dubious. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 131602 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-27 04:51:43 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-27 04:51:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42464. | R. Etheridge Jr. 1889. Remarks on fossils of Permo-Carboniferous age, from north-western Australia, in the Macleay Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 4:199-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |