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)
• 7.95 m above base of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, 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 108242: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Aechmina reticulata Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Youngiella "sp. A" ostracod | |
Roundyella ludbrookae Fleming 1985 ostracod | |
Kirkbya fossilcliffi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Sulcoindivisia crasquinsoleauella Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. hassi, Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. reussiana, Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. beedei, Bairdiacypris "sp. A", Bairdiacypris badgerai
Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. hassi Sohn 1960 ostracod
Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. reussiana Kirkby 1858 ostracod
Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. beedei Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. A" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris badgerai Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Pseudobythocypris lordi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Pseudobythocypris hockingi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Healdia chapmani, Healdia gregoryi, Healdia irwinensis, ? Waylandella "sp. C", Waylandella holmwoodensis
Healdia chapmani Crespin 1945 ostracod
Healdia gregoryi Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia irwinensis Fleming 1985 ostracod
? Waylandella "sp. C" ostracod
Waylandella holmwoodensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod | |
Graphiadactyllis australae Crespin 1945 ostracod | |
Rectospinella australica Ferdinando 2001 ostracod |