BMR GW75, Callytharra Springs (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.9° S, 115.5° E: paleocoordinates 60.6° S, 99.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 13 feet above base of formation

• 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 84578: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
"Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi" = Myodelthyrium dickinsi, "Cyrtella australis n. sp." = Punctocyrtella australis
"Pseudosyringothyris dickinsi" = Myodelthyrium dickinsi Thomas 1971
"Cyrtella australis n. sp." = Punctocyrtella australis Thomas 1971
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Permorthotetes callytharrensis Thomas 1958
Ventral valve