Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.9° S, 147.3° E: paleocoordinates 75.0° S, 177.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by P.E. de Strzelecki in 1841-1842; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: P. E. Strzelecki. 1845. Physical descriptions of New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land 1-462 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134052: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
"Productus subquadratus" = Taeniothaerus subquadratus
"Productus subquadratus" = Taeniothaerus subquadratus Morris 1845 | |
"Productus brachythaerus" = Terrakea brachythaera
"Productus brachythaerus" = Terrakea brachythaera Morris 1845 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer subradiatus" = Spirifera subradiata
"Spirifer subradiatus" = Spirifera subradiata Sowerby 1844 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten squamuliferus n. sp." = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus
"Pecten squamuliferus n. sp." = Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus Morris 1845 scallop | |
"Pecten fittoni n. sp." = Undopecten fittoni
"Pecten fittoni n. sp." = Undopecten fittoni Morris 1845 scallop |