Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll) (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (30.3° S, 153.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 153.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flagstaff Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• PJW: the Asbian aged siliciclastics in this area are the Flagstaff Sandstones.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by W.B. Clarke

• Collected by the Rev. W.B. Clarke and sent to Prof. Sedgwick

Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(133):226-236 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133349: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Turbinolopsis" bina
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia sp.
Phillipsia sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Resembling P. gemmulifera
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus strzeleckii n. gen. n. sp.
Brachymetopus strzeleckii n. gen. n. sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytheridae
"Cythere" impressa
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Bairdia curtus" = Bairdia curta
"Bairdia curtus" = Bairdia curta McCoy 1844 ostracod
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella undulata
Fenestella undulata
Fenstella undulata
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
"Glauconome" sp.
"Glauconome" sp. Goldfuss 1826
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
""Spirifera" (Reticularia) crebristria" = Spirifer, ""Spirifera" ? calcarata" = Spirifer, ""Spirifera" attenuata" = Spirifer
""Spirifera" (Reticularia) crebristria" = Spirifer
""Spirifera" ? calcarata" = Spirifer
""Spirifera" attenuata" = Spirifer
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa" jukesii n. sp.
"Atrypa" jukesii n. sp. M'Coy 1847
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis" spinigera n. sp.
"Orthis" spinigera n. sp. M'Coy 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
? Leptaena sp.
? Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
""Orbicula" affinis n. sp." = Orbiculoidea affinis
""Orbicula" affinis n. sp." = Orbiculoidea affinis M'Coy 1847
PJW: nobody seems to have used this species since M'Coy
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon interstrialis n. sp.2
Bellerophon interstrialis n. sp.2 M'Coy 1847 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus minimus n. sp.2
Euomphalus minimus n. sp.2 M'Coy 1847 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet.1
Nautilida indet.1 Agassiz 1847
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Pecten ptychotis n. sp." = Streblochondria ptychotis2
"Pecten ptychotis n. sp." = Streblochondria ptychotis2 M'Coy 1847 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Pullastra striatocostata n. sp.2
? Pullastra striatocostata n. sp.2 M'Coy 1847 venus clam
  - Aviculidae
"Avicula" tessellata2
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
""Actinocrinus" sp." = Actinocrinites
""Actinocrinus" sp." = Actinocrinites Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus tenuicollis n. gen. n. sp.
Cladochonus tenuicollis n. gen. n. sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
1Clapham 2015; 2M'Coy 1847