Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.2° S, 115.7° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 93.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: High Cliff Sandstone Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Late Aktastinian; Neochonetes (Sommeriella) magnus zone; basal part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, ferruginous sandstone

• red brown ferruginous, fine to medium sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold. 1997. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 14. The fauna of the Artinskian High Cliff Sandstone, Perth Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(2):199-231 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66119: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.09.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
? Naticopsis "sp. nov."4
? Naticopsis "sp. nov."4 M'Coy 1844 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon cf. formani4
Bellerophon cf. formani4 Dickins 1963 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp.4
Streblopteria sp.4 McCoy 1851 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia cf. prichardi4
Edmondia cf. prichardi4 Dickins 1963 clam
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
? Astartila sp.4
? Astartila sp.4 Dana 1847 clam
 Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae
Oriocrassatella sp.4
Oriocrassatella sp.4 Etheridge 1907 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina perthensis n. sp., Composita sp.
Cleiothyridina perthensis n. sp. Archbold 1997
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
? Cyrtella sp., Woolagia playfordi n. gen. n. sp.
? Cyrtella sp. Fredericks 1924
Woolagia playfordi n. gen. n. sp. Archbold 1997
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis rarus n. sp.2
Tomiopsis rarus n. sp.2 Archbold and Thomas 1986
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer (Quadrospira) woolagensis n. sp." = Quadrospira woolagensis, Occidalia shahi n. gen. n. sp.
"Neospirifer (Quadrospira) woolagensis n. sp." = Quadrospira woolagensis Archbold 1997
Occidalia shahi n. gen. n. sp. Archbold 1997
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Hoskingia skwarkoi n. sp.
Hoskingia skwarkoi n. sp. Archbold 1997
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Gilledia woolagensis n. sp.3
Gilledia woolagensis n. sp.3 Campbell 1965
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosiidae indet.
Strophalosiidae indet. Schuchert 1913
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Aulosteges ingens, Taeniothaerus quadratiformis n. sp.
Aulosteges ingens Hosking 1931
Taeniothaerus quadratiformis n. sp. Archbold 1997
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Costatumulus occidentalis n. sp.1
Costatumulus occidentalis n. sp.1 Archbold 1993
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp., Neochonetes (Sommeriella) magnus
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
1Archbold 1993; 2Archbold and Thomas 1986; 3Campbell 1965; 4Dickins 1963