Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.2° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 88.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mingenew Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with limonite
Collected by E.S. Simpson
• Repository: Geological Survey of Western Australia
Primary reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1907. Fossils from Mingenew, Irwin River Coalfield, Western Australia, collected by Mr. E. S. Simpson, mineralogist and assayer. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 27:19-25 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101512: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Strophomenata | |
Coolkilella maitlandi n. sp.
Coolkilella maitlandi n. sp. Archbold 1996 | |
"Taeniothaerus roberti" = Carilya roberti
"Taeniothaerus roberti" = Carilya roberti Archbold 1996 | |
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Echinalosia simpsoni n. sp. Archbold 1996
Mingenewia anomala Archbold 1980 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Dielasma nobilis n. sp." = Hoskingia nobilis
"Dielasma nobilis n. sp." = Hoskingia nobilis Etheridge 1907 | |
Syrella occidenta, Cundaria aquilaformis n. gen. n. sp.
Syrella occidenta Archbold 1996
Cundaria aquilaformis n. gen. n. sp. Archbold 1996 Also mentioned as Spirifera sp. by Etheridge Jr., 1915
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Fusispirifer sp. Waterhouse 1966 | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Myalina mingenewensis" = Pseudomyalina mingenewensis
"Myalina mingenewensis" = Pseudomyalina mingenewensis Etheridge 1907 clam | |
"Deltopecten subquinquelineatus" = Etheripecten subquinquelineatus
"Deltopecten subquinquelineatus" = Etheripecten subquinquelineatus M'Coy 1847 scallop | |
"? Modiola sp." = Modiolus
"? Modiola sp." = Modiolus Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
| Gastropoda | |
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