Ray's Hill, St Marys (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.6° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 73.5° S, 176.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Enstone Park Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Basal beds of the Enstone Park limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, silty limestone

• Blocks of greyish-orange (10YR 7/4) or pale greyish-orange (10YR 8/3) friable and decalcified silty limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. E. Wass and M. R. Banks. 1971. Some Permian trilobites from eastern Australia. Palaeontology 14:222-241 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120244: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Calcitornella stephensi
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia aulax
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Euryphyllum sp.
Euryphyllum sp. Hill 1937 horn coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Peruvispira sp., Peruvispira cf. elegans
Peruvispira sp. Chronic 1949 snail
Peruvispira cf. elegans Fletcher 1958 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
? Atomodesma sp.
? Atomodesma sp. Beyrich 1865 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinidae indet., Pseudomyalina sp.
Myalinidae indet. Frech 1891 clam
Pseudomyalina sp. Dickins 1956 clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
? Astartila sp.
? Astartila sp. Dana 1847 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp.
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia" "sp. nov."
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Terrakea sp.
Terrakea sp. Booker 1929
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigerella" "sp. nov."
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Fletcherithyris reidi
Fletcherithyris reidi Campbell 1965
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Pterospirifer" sp.
"Pterospirifer" sp. Dunbar 1955
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Ingelarella cf. angulata, Ingelarella ? ingelarensis, Notospirifer darwini
Notospirifer darwini Morris 1845
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
""Spirifer" tasmaniensis" = Sulciplica tasmaniensis, "Grantonia hobartensis" = Trigonotreta hobartensis
""Spirifer" tasmaniensis" = Sulciplica tasmaniensis Morris 1845
"Grantonia hobartensis" = Trigonotreta hobartensis Brown 1953
 Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae
"Licharewia" sp.
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferellina" sp.
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Spiriferellina australis" = Pustulospiriferina australis
"Spiriferellina australis" = Pustulospiriferina australis Maxwell 1964
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora spp.
Stenopora spp. Lonsdale 1844
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Protoretepora ampla, Polypora sp.
Protoretepora ampla Lonsdale 1844
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis Etheridge 1926
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Doublatia sp., Doublatia pyriforme n. sp.
Doublatia sp. Wass and Banks 1971 trilobite
Doublatia pyriforme n. sp. Wass and Banks 1971 trilobite