Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.2° S, 146.8° E: paleocoordinates 70.9° S, 174.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Swifts Jetty Sandstone Formation (Masseys Creek Group), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Grid reference DQ770255
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of Tasmania
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 105484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Schizodus australis Runnegar 1969 clam | |
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Stutchburia farleyensis Etheridge 1900 clam | |
"Myonia (Pachymyonia) morrisi" = Pachymyonia morrisi
"Myonia (Pachymyonia) morrisi" = Pachymyonia morrisi Etheridge 1919 clam | |
|
Megadesmus pristinus Runnegar 1972 clam
Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838 clam | |
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Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop | |
"Deltopecten illawarensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis
"Deltopecten illawarensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis Morris 1845 scallop | |
|
Eurydesma sp. Morris 1845 scallop | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Rhabdocantha intermedia Fletcher 1958 snail | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Tomiopsis cf. branxtonensis" = Geothomasia branxtonensis, Tomiopsis konincki, Kelsovia superba n. gen. n. sp.
"Tomiopsis cf. branxtonensis" = Geothomasia branxtonensis Etheridge 1919
Tomiopsis konincki Etheridge 1892
Kelsovia superba n. gen. n. sp. Clarke 1990 | |
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Trigonotreta stokesi Koenig 1825 | |
"Pseudosyrinx allandalensis" = Cyrtella allandalensis
"Pseudosyrinx allandalensis" = Cyrtella allandalensis Armstrong 1970 | |