UWA L11, Wandagee Hill, Nalbia Paddock (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (23.8° S, 114.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.9° S, 89.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coolkilya Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Horizon 1a. Linoproductus stage.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1984. Permian Elythidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Australia. Alcheringa 8:311-326 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101210: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirelytha stepanoviana n. sp. Archbold and Thomas 1984