Mount Sandiman Woolshed, 2.2 miles S (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (24.5° S, 115.3° E: paleocoordinates 59.2° S, 99.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107348: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
"Cypricardinia cf. elegantula" = Dickinsartella elegantula
"Cypricardinia cf. elegantula" = Dickinsartella elegantula Dickins 1963 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sandimanensis n. sp. Dickins 1963 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia prichardi Dickins 1963 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella obliqua n. sp. Dickins 1963 clam