UQ L4570, Rose's Pride Mine (Permian of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (25.3° S, 150.3° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 159.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rose's Pride Member (Buffel Formation), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Echinalosia preovalis zone of Briggs, 1998 - Late Artinskian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UQ

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse and D.J.C. Briggs. 1986. Late Palaeozoic Scyphozoa and Brachiopoda (Inarticulata, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(1-4):1-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66269: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Acanthalosia domina1, "Echinalosia cf. mcclungi" = Acanthalosia mcclungi1
Acanthalosia domina1 Waterhouse 1986
2 VV, 1 Art
"Echinalosia cf. mcclungi" = Acanthalosia mcclungi1 Briggs 1998
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Taeniothaerus sp.2 Whitehouse 1928
2 VV, 1 DV, 2 Art
Megasteges ? randsi2 Hill 1950
2 VV, 1 DV
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Nothokuvelousia aurifera n. gen. n. sp." = Megousia solita, Terrakea cf. dickinsi
"Nothokuvelousia aurifera n. gen. n. sp." = Megousia solita Waterhouse 1968
17 VV, 20 DV, 250 Art
Terrakea cf. dickinsi Dear 1971
3 VV, 1 DV
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Trigonotreta australis2 Bion 1928
4 VV, 1 DV
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
"Notospirifer hillae" = Papulinella hillae2, "Tomiopsis ovata" = Ambikella ovata2
"Notospirifer hillae" = Papulinella hillae2 Campbell 1961
2 VV
"Tomiopsis ovata" = Ambikella ovata2 Campbell 1961
1 VV
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Pustulospiriferina cf. etheridgei2 Armstrong 1970
1 DV
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Paraplatyschisma rotunda2 Etheridge 1872 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesmatinae indet.2 Waterhouse 1976 clam
2 Art; "Aphanaia or Maitaia sp. A"
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma sulcatum2 Waterhouse 1987 scallop
1 LV
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Deltopecten limaeformis2 Morris 1845 scallop
1 LV