Fossil Cliff, Irwin River (UWA collection) (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: Fossil Cliff Member (Holmwood Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Western Australia

Primary reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101207: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
"Amplexus" sp.3
"Amplexus" sp.3 Sowerby 1814 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia irwinensis n. sp." = Coronalosia irwinensis1
"Strophalosia irwinensis n. sp." = Coronalosia irwinensis1 Coleman 1957
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Metalegoceras kayi n. sp.2
Metalegoceras kayi n. sp.2 Glenister et al. 1973 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
? Naticopsis "sp. nov."
? Naticopsis "sp. nov." M'Coy 1844 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Leptomphalus) "sp. nov."" = Leptomphalus
"Straparollus (Leptomphalus) "sp. nov."" = Leptomphalus Yochelson 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras cf. abundans
Platyceras cf. abundans Wanner 1922 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon "sp. nov.", Bellerophon cf. formani, Retispira irwinensis n. sp., "Stachella crucilirata" = Retispira crucilirata
Bellerophon "sp. nov." de Montfort 1808 snail
Bellerophon cf. formani Dickins 1963 snail
Retispira irwinensis n. sp. Dickins 1963 snail
"Stachella crucilirata" = Retispira crucilirata Dickins 1963 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Baylea perthensis n. sp., "Ptychomphalina talboti" = Bradyospira talboti, "Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis, "Mourlonia (Woolnoughia) angulata n. sp." = Woolnoughia angulata, "? Mourlonia obscura" = Ambozone obscura
Baylea perthensis n. sp. Dickins 1963 snail
"Ptychomphalina talboti" = Bradyospira talboti Dickins 1963 snail
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis" = Pseudobaylea freneyensis Dickins 1963 snail
"Mourlonia (Woolnoughia) angulata n. sp." = Woolnoughia angulata Dickins 1963 Mourlonia
"? Mourlonia obscura" = Ambozone obscura Dickins 1963 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Macrochilina winensis
Macrochilina winensis Dickins 1963 snail
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
"Cypricardinia elegantula n. sp." = Dickinsartella elegantula
"Cypricardinia elegantula n. sp." = Dickinsartella elegantula Dickins 1963 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon bimodoliratus
Parallelodon bimodoliratus Dickins 1963 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Pseudomyalina sp.
Pseudomyalina sp. Dickins 1956 clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Girtypecten ovalis n. sp., "Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis
Girtypecten ovalis n. sp. Dickins 1963 scallop
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
? Acanthopecten sp.
? Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Deltopecten sp.
Deltopecten sp. Etheridge 1892 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus koneckii
Modiolus koneckii Dickins 1963 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
? Astartila tumida
? Astartila tumida Dickins 1963 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Myofossa (Ragozinia) amatopensis4, Praeundulomya subelongata n. sp., Myonia sp.
Praeundulomya subelongata n. sp. Dickins 1963 clam
Myonia sp. Dana 1847 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Stutchburia variabilis, Stutchburia hoskingae
Stutchburia variabilis Dickins 1957 clam
Stutchburia hoskingae Dickins 1963 clam
1Archbold 1986; 2Glenister et al. 1973; 3Hill 1942; 4Morris et al. 1991