Elephant Pass, Tasman Highway (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.7° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 73.5° S, 176.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gray Siltstone Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Upper Gray Formation or basal Berriedale Limestone-Enstone Park limestone correlate; PJW: Gray Siltstone now preferred.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow siltstone

• Fine-grained dark yellowish-orange (10YR6/6) dense siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. E. Wass and M. R. Banks. 1971. Some Permian trilobites from eastern Australia. Palaeontology 14:222-241 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120242: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Euryphyllum sp.
Euryphyllum sp. Hill 1937 horn coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculopecten fittoni" = Undopecten fittoni
"Aviculopecten fittoni" = Undopecten fittoni Morris 1845 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp.
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet.
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis Etheridge 1926
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora sp.
Stenopora sp. Lonsdale 1844
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Spiriferellina australis" = Pustulospiriferina australis
"Spiriferellina australis" = Pustulospiriferina australis Maxwell 1964
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris reidi
Fletcherithyris reidi Campbell 1965
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigerella" sp.
"Spirigerella" sp. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
""Spirifer" tasmaniensis" = Sulciplica tasmaniensis, "Grantonia hobartensis" = Trigonotreta hobartensis
""Spirifer" tasmaniensis" = Sulciplica tasmaniensis Morris 1845
"Grantonia hobartensis" = Trigonotreta hobartensis Brown 1953
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Ingelarella" sp., Notospirifer darwini
"Ingelarella" sp. Campbell 1959
Notospirifer darwini Morris 1845
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Taeniothaerus subquadratus
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia preovalis" = Echinalosia preovalis, "Strophalosia" sp.
"Strophalosia preovalis" = Echinalosia preovalis Maxwell 1954
"Strophalosia" sp. King 1844
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Anidanthus springsurensis, Terrakea sp.
Terrakea sp. Booker 1929
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Cancrinella farleyensis" = Costatumulus farleyensis
"Cancrinella farleyensis" = Costatumulus farleyensis Etheridge and Dun 1909
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Doublatia pyriforme
Doublatia pyriforme Wass and Banks 1971 trilobite