BMR GB52, Simpson Knolls, Perth Basin (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (29.2° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 92.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Early Baigendzhinian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone

• interbedded sandstones and siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold. 1996. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 13. The fauna of the Artinskian Mingenew Formation, Perth Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 108(1):17-42 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66120: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tornquistia cf. magna
Tornquistia cf. magna Archbold 1980
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp.
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Taeniothaerus roberti n. sp." = Carilya roberti
"Taeniothaerus roberti n. sp." = Carilya roberti Archbold 1996
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Echinalosia simpsoni
Echinalosia simpsoni Archbold 1996
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Hoskingia nobilis
Hoskingia nobilis Etheridge 1907
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Cundaria aquilaformis
Cundaria aquilaformis Archbold 1996
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Fusispirifer sp., "Crassispirifer mingenewensis n. sp." = Occidalia mingenewensis, Neospirifer sp.
Fusispirifer sp. Waterhouse 1966
"Crassispirifer mingenewensis n. sp." = Occidalia mingenewensis Archbold 1996
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919