Mount Marmion (Maitland coll) (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (17.4° S, 124.6° E: paleocoordinates 53.7° S, 110.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Noonkanbah Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gibb Maitland

• Repository: Geological Survey of Western Australia

Primary reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1915. Western Australian Carboniferous fossils, chiefly from Mount Marmion, Lennard River, West Kimberley. Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 58:7-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106707: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
"Monilopora nicholsoni n. sp." = Cladochonus nicholsoni
"Monilopora nicholsoni n. sp." = Cladochonus nicholsoni Etheridge 1915 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Favosites marmionensis n. sp." = Thamnopora marmionensis
"Favosites marmionensis n. sp." = Thamnopora marmionensis Etheridge 1915 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Plerophyllum australe
Plerophyllum australe Hinde 1890 horn coral
Crinoidea
 Ampelocrinida - Calceolispongiidae
Calceolispongia hindei n. gen. n. sp.
Calceolispongia hindei n. gen. n. sp. Etheridge 1915 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora multigranulata n. sp.5, Rhombopora tenuis5
Rhombopora multigranulata n. sp.5 Bretnall 1926
Rhombopora tenuis5 Hinde 1890
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
"Rhabdomeson mammillata n. sp." = Rhabdomeson mammillatum5
"Rhabdomeson mammillata n. sp." = Rhabdomeson mammillatum5 Bretnall 1926
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa etheridgei5
Streblotrypa etheridgei5 Bretnall 1926
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora "sp. A", Stenopora "sp. C"
Stenopora "sp. A" Lonsdale 1844
Stenopora "sp. C" Lonsdale 1844
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
"Evactinopora crucialis" = Evactinostella crucialis
"Evactinopora crucialis" = Evactinostella crucialis Hudleston 1883
 Cystoporida - Etherellidae
"Sulcoretepora meridianus n. sp." = Liguloclema meridianus5
"Sulcoretepora meridianus n. sp." = Liguloclema meridianus5 Etheridge 1926
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer amplus3, Fusispirifer wandageensis4
Neospirifer amplus3 Archbold and Thomas 1986
Fusispirifer wandageensis4 Archbold and Thomas 1987
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
"Spiriferella australasica" = Hunzina australasica
"Spiriferella australasica" = Hunzina australasica Etheridge 1889
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
"Reticularia" sp.
"Reticularia" sp. Frederiks 1915
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyris macleayana" = Cleiothyridina macleayana
"Cleiothyris macleayana" = Cleiothyridina macleayana Etheridge 1889
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus" sp.
"Productus" sp.
of the P. brachythaerus type
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia complectens2
Heteralosia complectens2 Etheridge 1918
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
"Orthotetes" crenistria
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp.
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes (Sommeria) tenuicapillatus" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) tenuicapillatus1
"Neochonetes (Sommeria) tenuicapillatus" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) tenuicapillatus1 Archbold 1981
 Ichnofossils -
"Palaeachlya" gigas n. sp.
"Palaeachlya" gigas n. sp. Etheridge 1915
1Archbold 1981; 2Archbold 1986; 3Archbold and Thomas 1986; 4Archbold and Thomas 1987; 5Bretnall 1926