BMR G202, Lyons River Homestead (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (24.6° S, 115.3° E: paleocoordinates 59.3° S, 99.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Callytharra Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Thomas. 1958. The Permian Orthotetacea of Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 39:1-158 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Plagiostoma "sp. nov."5
? Plagiostoma "sp. nov."5 Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis5
"Aviculopecten tenuicollis" = Etheripecten tenuicollis5 Dana 1847 scallop
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria callytharraensis n. sp.5
Euchondria callytharraensis n. sp.5 Dickins 1963 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Pseudomyalina sp.5
Pseudomyalina sp.5 Dickins 1956 clam
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma mytiloides5
Atomodesma mytiloides5 Beyrich 1865 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Myofossa (Ragozinia) amatopensis6, Myonia sp.5
Myonia sp.5 Dana 1847 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Latispirifer callytharrensis2
Latispirifer callytharrensis2 Archbold and Thomas 1985
Ventral valve
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani3, Fusispirifer carnarvonensis4
"Neospirifer hardmani" = Quadrospira hardmani3 Foord 1890
Fusispirifer carnarvonensis4 Archbold and Thomas 1987
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Globiella foordi" = Cimmeriella foordi1
"Globiella foordi" = Cimmeriella foordi1 Etheridge 1903
Ventral valves
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Permorthotetes callytharrensis n. sp.
Permorthotetes callytharrensis n. sp. Thomas 1958
1Archbold 1983; 2Archbold and Thomas 1985; 3Archbold and Thomas 1986; 4Archbold and Thomas 1987; 5Dickins 1963; 6Morris et al. 1991