UQ L3157, Wasp Head (Permian of Australia)

Also known as UQ L10068, L10084; Bed 4.6 & 5.1

Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.7° S, 150.3° E: paleocoordinates 64.8° S, 170.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wasp Head Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the UQ

Primary reference: J. M. Dickins, V. A. Goslin, and B. Runnegar. 1969. The age of the Permian sequence in the southern part of the Sydney Basin. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology. Essays in honour of Dorothy Hill 211-225 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152058: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Trigonotreta" sp. Koenig 1825
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Ambikella konincki" = Tomiopsis konincki
"Ambikella konincki" = Tomiopsis konincki Etheridge 1892
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia sp. Waagen 1880 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Peruvispira sp. Chronic 1949 snail
Ptychomphalina sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Mourlonia (Mourlonia) sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Keeneia ocula Sowerby 1838 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten "indet." M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma "indet." Morris 1845 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838 clam
Australomya hillae n. sp. Runnegar 1969 clam
Megadesmus globlosus Sowerby 1838 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
"Neoschizodus australis" = Schizodus australis
"Neoschizodus australis" = Schizodus australis Runnegar 1969 clam