Point Hibbs (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.6° S, 145.3° E: paleocoordinates 72.7° S, 174.1° E)

• 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 siliciclastic sediments

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 105488: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Keeneia platyschismoides Etheridge 1902 snail