Fossil Cliffs, Darlington Limestone, Maria Island (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.6° S, 148.1° E: paleocoordinates 71.0° S, 179.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Darlington Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Clarke. 1990. Late Palaeozoic (Tamarian; Late Carboniferous-Early Permian) cold-water brachiopods from Tasmania. Alcheringa 14:53-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105476: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma cordatum, "Eurydesma hobartensis" = Eurydesma hobartense
Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
"Eurydesma hobartensis" = Eurydesma hobartense Johnston 1887 scallop
ssp. konincki
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
"Pseudosyrinx allandalensis" = Cyrtella allandalensis
"Pseudosyrinx allandalensis" = Cyrtella allandalensis Armstrong 1970