BMR locality WB77, Mount Madeline (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.8° S, 115.7° E: paleocoordinates 60.5° S, 95.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Madeline Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• upper part of Madeline Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1985. Permian Spiriferellinae (Brachiopoda) from Western Australia. Alcheringa 9(1):35-48 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38904: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.05.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis pauciplicatus Archbold and Thomas 1986
Conjoined shells
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella "sp. A" Tschernyschew 1902
sp. A