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 (293.5 - 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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""Patella" tenella n. sp." = Platyceras tenella Dana 1847 snail | |
"Bellerophon undulatus n. sp." = Warthia micromphala
"Bellerophon undulatus n. sp." = Warthia micromphala Morris 1845 snail | |
"Platyschisma oculus" = Keeneia ocula1, "Pleurotomaria trifilata" = Pleurocinctosa trifilata, "Pleurotomaria nuda n. sp." = Pseudobaylea nuda
"Pleurotomaria trifilata" = Pleurocinctosa trifilata Dana 1847 snail
"Pleurotomaria nuda n. sp." = Pseudobaylea nuda Dana 1847 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Solen (Solecurtus) planulatus n. sp. Dana 1847 clam | |
"Nucula concinna n. sp." = Polidevcia cryptica1
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"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 | |
"Eurydesma cordata" = Eurydesma cordatum1, "Eurydesma elliptica n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum, "Eurydesma globosa n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum, "Eurydesma sacculus" = Eurydesma cordatum1
"Eurydesma elliptica n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop
"Eurydesma globosa n. sp." = Eurydesma cordatum Morris 1845 scallop | |
"Pecten squamuliferus" = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus1, "Pecten illawarrensis" = Deltopecten illawarrensis1
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"Pecten tenuicollis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis, "Pecten comptus n. sp." = Fletcheripecten laticostatus
"Pecten tenuicollis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
"Pecten comptus n. sp." = Fletcheripecten laticostatus Waterhouse 1982 scallop | |
"Pachydomus levis" = Pyramus laevis1, "Pyramus laevis" = Pyramus laevis2, "Pyramus ellipticus n. sp." = Pyramus laevis, "Pachydomus cuneatus" = Pyramus laevis1, "Pachydomus antiquatus" = Pyramus laevis1
"Pyramus ellipticus n. sp." = Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838 clam | |
"? Cardinia recta n. sp." = Stutchburia recta, "Modiolopsis simplex n. sp." = Stutchburia simplex
"? Cardinia recta n. sp." = Stutchburia recta Dana 1847 clam "Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse
"Modiolopsis simplex n. sp." = Stutchburia simplex Dana 1847 clam "Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse
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| Stenolaemata | |
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"Chaetetes tasmaniensis" = Stenopora tasmaniensis1 Lonsdale 1844
"Chaetetes ovata" = Stenopora ovata1 Lonsdale 1844 | |
| Scyphozoa | |
"Conularia levigata" = Notoconularia levigata1, "Conularia tenuistriata" = Notoconularia tenuistriata1
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