B6b, West Arm, Beaconsfield (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.2° S, 146.8° E: paleocoordinates 76.3° S, 166.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: West Arm Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. M. Reid. 2003. Permian Bryozoa of Tasmania and New South Wales: systematics and their use in Tasmanian biostratigraphy. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Memoir 28:1-133 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82172: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Rectifenestella tamarensis n. sp. Reid 2003
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polyporella protuberans n. sp. Reid 2003
Mackinneyella granulosa n. sp. Reid 2003
Pseudopolypora versonoda n. sp. Reid 2003
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora aequalis n. sp. Reid 2003