PBDB Collection

Irwin River, Victoria District (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (28.9° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 97.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• "Ferruginous sandstone and conglomerate, resting unconformably on Coal-measures."

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Harry Woodward; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131548: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	""Discites" sp." = Nautilus (Discites) ""Discites" sp." = Nautilus (Discites) nautiloid
Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae	"Orthoceras" sp. "Orthoceras" sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	""Bellerophon" ? decussatus" = Retispira decussatus ""Bellerophon" ? decussatus" = Retispira decussatus Fleming 1828 snail
Bivalvia
Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae	"Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata, Myofossa (Ragozinia) amatopensis⁵ "Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata Morris 1845 clam Myofossa (Ragozinia) amatopensis⁵ Thomas 1928 clam
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae	"Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi" = Myodelthyrium dickinsi⁷ "Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi" = Myodelthyrium dickinsi⁷ Thomas 1971
Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae	"Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani³ "Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani³ Foord 1890 Spirifera musakheylensis var. australis
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Spirelytha fredericksi² Spirelytha fredericksi² Archbold and Thomas 1984
Strophomenata
Productida - Aulostegidae	"Productus subquadratus" = Taeniothaerus subquadratus "Productus subquadratus" = Taeniothaerus subquadratus Morris 1845
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Globiella foordi" = Cimmeriella foordi¹ "Globiella foordi" = Cimmeriella foordi¹ Etheridge 1903
Productida - Monticuliferidae	"Cancrinella irwinensis" = Costatumulus irwinensis¹ "Cancrinella irwinensis" = Costatumulus irwinensis¹ Archbold 1983
Orthotetida - Orthotetidae	"Orthotetes" crenistria "Orthotetes" crenistria
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	"Chonetes pratti" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti⁶ "Chonetes pratti" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti⁶ Davidson 1859
Stenolaemata
Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae	"Fenestella" sp. "Fenestella" sp. Lonsdale 1839
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Plerophyllidae	Plerophyllum australe⁴, Plerophyllum sulcatum⁴ Plerophyllum australe⁴ Hinde 1890 horn coral Plerophyllum sulcatum⁴ Hinde 1890 horn coral

¹Archbold 1983; ²Archbold and Thomas 1984; ³Archbold and Thomas 1986; ⁴Hinde 1890; ⁵Morris et al. 1991; ⁶Newton 1892; ⁷Thomas 1971