Hydro Electric Commission Fisher Tunnel (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.7° S, 146.3° E: paleocoordinates 76.9° S, 166.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Poatina Group, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey of Tasmania (GST)

Primary reference: M. J. Clarke. 1992. A new notospiriferine genus (Spiriferida: Brachiopoda) from the Permian of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 126:73-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134043: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae