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)
• 8.20 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 108245: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Bairdia (Bairdia) cf. beedei Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. A" Bradfield 1935 ostracod | |
Graphiadactyllis australae Crespin 1945 ostracod | |
Waylandella holmwoodensis, Healdia westraliaensis, Healdia irwinensis, Healdia crespinae, Healdia chapmani
Waylandella holmwoodensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia westraliaensis Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia irwinensis Fleming 1985 ostracod
Healdia crespinae Ferdinando 2001 ostracod
Healdia chapmani Crespin 1945 ostracod | |
Youngiella "sp. A" ostracod | |
Roundyella ludbrookae Fleming 1985 ostracod |