Bivalves (and some others) of Taemas Fmn., Taemas area (Devonian of Australia)

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

• Lithologies of Taemas include grainstones, fossiliferous micrite, and crinoidal limestone. Little terrigenous material overall.

Collection methods: Includes localities R1-R8, and M.

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 35557: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.12.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Spirorbidae indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Actinodontida - Crassatellopsidae
Crassatellopsis yongei n. sp., Crassatellopsis lenticularis n. sp.
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nargunella comptorae n. sp.
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysioidea sp., ? Cimitaria sp.
Grammysioidea sp. Williams 1916 clam
? Cimitaria sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
? Sanguinolites phlyctaenatus n. sp.
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sinuosa n. sp., Cypricardinia minima n. sp.
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora pravinasuta n. sp., Goniophora duplisulca n. sp., Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp.
Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp. Johnson 1993 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas rugosa, Paracyclas alleni n. sp., Paracyclas proavia
Paracyclas alleni n. sp. clam
Paracyclas proavia Goldfuss 1834 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus truemani n. sp.
Schizodus truemani n. sp. clam
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
Eoschizodus taemasensis
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca bloomfieldensis n. sp.
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria cf. murrindalensis, Cornellites catellus n. sp., Cornellites campbelli n. sp., Cornellites talenti n. sp., Limoptera murrumbidgeensis n. sp., Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp.
Cornellites catellus n. sp. oyster
Cornellites campbelli n. sp. oyster
Cornellites talenti n. sp. oyster
Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp. oyster
 Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteriidae indet.
Rhombopteriidae indet. Korobkov 1960 oyster
n. gen. n. sp.
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pseudaviculopecten etheridgei
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia cf. insolita
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemyidae indet.
Solemyidae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
? Deceptrix clarkei
Rostroconchia
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Rostroconchia indet.
Rostroconchia indet. Pojeta et al. 1972
Hyolitha
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Hyolitha indet.
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes culleni
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Howittia howitti
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa erectirostris
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
pelmatozoan ossicles
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet.
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet.
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Chlorophyceae
  - Receptaculitidae
Receptaculites sp.
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827