Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.0° S, 149.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 173.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Taemas Formation (Murrumbidgee Group), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• Murrumbidgee Group conformably overlies Lower Devonian volcanics.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone and lime mudstone
Collection methods: Includes localities WJx, WJy, Loc. 1, and Barbers 17 & 20.
Primary reference: P. A. Johnston. 1993. Lower Devonian pelecypods from southeastern Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 14:1-134 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35558: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.12.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
? Deceptrix clarkei clam | |
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam | |
Solemyidae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 Awning Clam | |
Eoschizodus taemasensis n. sp.
Eoschizodus taemasensis n. sp. clam | |
Schizodus truemani n. sp.
Schizodus truemani n. sp. clam | |
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Paracyclas rugosa clam
Paracyclas proavia Goldfuss 1834 clam | |
? Sanguinolites phlyctaenatus n. sp. clam | |
Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp., Goniophora duplisulca n. sp.
Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp. Johnson 1993 clam
Goniophora duplisulca n. sp. clam | |
Solenomorpha sp. Cockerell 1903 clam | |
Nargunella comptorae n. sp.
Nargunella comptorae n. sp. clam | |
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Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp., Cornellites catellus n. sp., Cornellites campbelli n. sp., Cornellites talenti n. sp., Actinopteria cf. murrindalensis, Limoptera murrumbidgeensis n. sp.
Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp. oyster
Cornellites catellus n. sp. oyster
Cornellites campbelli n. sp. oyster
Cornellites talenti n. sp. oyster
Limoptera murrumbidgeensis n. sp. oyster | |
Mytilarca bloomfieldensis n. sp.
Mytilarca bloomfieldensis n. sp. clam | |
Osteichthyes | |
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Conodonta | |
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