Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll) (Permian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.7° S, 151.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 169.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allandale Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, conglomeratic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.D. Dana in 1838-1842; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119250: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
"Conularia tenuistriata" = Notoconularia tenuistriata1, "Conularia levigata" = Notoconularia levigata1
"Conularia tenuistriata" = Notoconularia tenuistriata1 M'Coy 1847 jellyfish
"Conularia levigata" = Notoconularia levigata1 Morris 1845 jellyfish
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria nuda n. sp." = Pseudobaylea nuda, "Platyschisma oculus" = Keeneia ocula1, "Pleurotomaria trifilata" = Pleurocinctosa trifilata
"Pleurotomaria nuda n. sp." = Pseudobaylea nuda Dana 1847 snail
"Platyschisma oculus" = Keeneia ocula1 Sowerby 1838 snail
"Pleurotomaria trifilata" = Pleurocinctosa trifilata Dana 1847 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon undulatus n. sp." = Warthia micromphala
"Bellerophon undulatus n. sp." = Warthia micromphala Morris 1845 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
""Patella" tenella n. sp." = Platyceras tenella, "Pileopsis alta n. sp." = Rhabdocantha alta1
""Patella" tenella n. sp." = Platyceras tenella Dana 1847 snail
"Pileopsis alta n. sp." = Rhabdocantha alta1 Dana 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
"Eurydesma cordata" = Eurydesma cordatum1, "Eurydesma sacculus" = Eurydesma cordatum1, "Eurydesma globosa n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum, "Eurydesma elliptica n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum
"Eurydesma cordata" = Eurydesma cordatum1 Morris 1845 scallop
"Eurydesma sacculus" = Eurydesma cordatum1 Morris 1845 scallop
"Eurydesma globosa n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
"Eurydesma elliptica n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
"Pecten squamuliferus" = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus1, "Pecten illawarrensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis1
"Pecten squamuliferus" = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus1 Morris 1845 scallop
"Pecten illawarrensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis1 Morris 1845 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Pecten comptus n. sp." = Fletcheripecten laticostatus, "Pecten tenuicollis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis
"Pecten comptus n. sp." = Fletcheripecten laticostatus Waterhouse 1982 scallop
"Pecten tenuicollis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Modiolopsis imbricata n. sp." = Merismopteria imbricata, "Modiolopsis arcodes n. sp." = Merismopteria imbricata
"Modiolopsis imbricata n. sp." = Merismopteria imbricata Dana 1847 oyster
"Modiolopsis arcodes n. sp." = Merismopteria imbricata Dana 1847 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
"Pachydomus levis" = Pyramus laevis1, "Pyramus laevis" = Pyramus laevis2, "Pachydomus cuneatus" = Pyramus laevis1, "Pyramus ellipticus n. sp." = Pyramus laevis, "Pachydomus antiquatus" = Pyramus laevis1
"Pachydomus levis" = Pyramus laevis1 Sowerby 1838 clam
"Pyramus laevis" = Pyramus laevis2 Sowerby 1838 clam
"Pachydomus cuneatus" = Pyramus laevis1 Sowerby 1838 clam
"Pyramus ellipticus n. sp." = Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838 clam
"Pachydomus antiquatus" = Pyramus laevis1 Sowerby 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Modiolopsis simplex n. sp." = Stutchburia simplex, "? Cardinia recta n. sp." = Stutchburia recta
"Modiolopsis simplex n. sp." = Stutchburia simplex Dana 1847 clam
"Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse
"? Cardinia recta n. sp." = Stutchburia recta Dana 1847 clam
"Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nucula concinna n. sp." = Polidevcia cryptica1
"Nucula concinna n. sp." = Polidevcia cryptica1 Waterhouse 1988 clam
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Solen (Solecurtus) planulatus n. sp. Dana 1847 clam
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
"Chaetetes ovata" = Stenopora ovata1, "Chaetetes tasmaniensis" = Stenopora tasmaniensis1
"Chaetetes ovata" = Stenopora ovata1 Lonsdale 1844
"Chaetetes tasmaniensis" = Stenopora tasmaniensis1 Lonsdale 1844