Fossil Cliff sample 83, 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 (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 6.60 m above base of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown 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 108238: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Aechmina reticulata Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Kirkbya "sp. A" Jones 1859 ostracod
Kirkbya fossilcliffi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella pirajnoensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
 Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
? Proparaparchites "sp. A" Cooper 1941 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia "sp. A" Roundy 1926 ostracod
Healdia irwinensis Fleming 1985 ostracod
Healdia petchorica Guseva 1971 ostracod
Healdia westraliaensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia obtusa Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia crespinae Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia chapmani Crespin 1945 ostracod
? Healdianella moryi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Cribroconcha ludbrookae Fleming 1985 ostracod
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
Graphiadactyllis jonesi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Graphiadactyllis australae Crespin 1945 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris "sp. A" Bradfield 1935 ostracod