Green Point, Cygnet (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (43.2° S, 147.1° E: paleocoordinates 71.8° S, 179.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 105479: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
"Deltopecten illawarensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis
"Deltopecten illawarensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis Morris 1845 scallop
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Grumantia costellata n. sp." = Arctitreta costellata
"Grumantia costellata n. sp." = Arctitreta costellata Clarke 1990