Fossil Hill, Wyndham River, Bidgemia Station (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.1° S, 115.6° E: paleocoordinates 60.4° S, 99.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Callytharra Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gibb Maitland

• Repository: Geological Survey of Western Australia

Primary reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1903. Descriptions of Carboniferous fossils from the Gascoyne District, Western Australia, collected by Mr. A. Gibb Maitland, government geologist. Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 10:1-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101221: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Plerophyllum australe Hinde 1890 horn coral
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
"Aetomacladia ambrosioides" = Ramipora ambrosioides3
"Aetomacladia ambrosioides" = Ramipora ambrosioides3 Bretnall 1926
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Hexagonella dendroidea, "Coscinium australe n. sp." = Hexagonella australe3, "Hexagonella crucialis" = Evactinostella crucialis
Hexagonella dendroidea Hudleston 1883
"Coscinium australe n. sp." = Hexagonella australe3 Bretnall 1926
"Hexagonella crucialis" = Evactinostella crucialis Hudleston 1883
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
"Streblotrypa marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis3
"Streblotrypa marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis3 Etheridge 1926
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirelytha fredericksi1 Archbold and Thomas 1984
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis2, ""Spirifera" musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis, "Spirifera hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis2 Archbold and Thomas 1987
""Spirifera" musakheylensis" = Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis Davidson 1862
"Spirifera hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani Foord 1890
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyris macleayana" = Cleiothyridina macleayana
"Cleiothyris macleayana" = Cleiothyridina macleayana Etheridge 1889
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus foordi n. sp." = Cimmeriella foordi
"Productus foordi n. sp." = Cimmeriella foordi Etheridge 1903
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes pratti" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti Davidson 1859
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Spirorbis" ambiguus Fleming 1825