Fossil Cliff sample 41, Irwin River Area (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (28.9° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 97.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fossil Cliff Member (Holmwood Formation), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 0.65 m above base of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: D. Ferdinando. 2001. Ostracode and foraminiferal taxonomy and paleoecology of the Holmwood Shale, northern Perth Basin, Western Australia. 1-326 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108213: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Aechmina reticulata
Aechmina reticulata Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia westraliaensis
Healdia westraliaensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Graphiadactyllis jonesi, Graphiadactyllis australae
Graphiadactyllis jonesi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Graphiadactyllis australae Crespin 1945 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Pseudobythocypris hockingi
Pseudobythocypris hockingi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod