GRS6, Wasp Head (Permian of Australia)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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

Collection methods: Repository: Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Primary reference: G. A. Cisterna and G. R. Shi. 2014. Lower Permian brachiopods from Wasp Head Formation, Sydney Basin, southeastern Australia. Journal of Paleontology 88:531-544 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156137: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis konincki Etheridge 1892
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae