BMR KNuA1, Paraside Homestead (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.0° S, 124.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.8° S, 116.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nura Nura Member (Poole Formation), Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 85021: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
Propopanoceras ruzhencevi n. sp.4 Glenister and Furnish 1961 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
"Metalegoceras clarkei" = Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei4 Miller 1936 ammonite
Metalegoceras striatum4 Teichert 1942 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae
Thalassoceras wadei4 Miller 1936 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis n. sp." = Pseudobaylea freneyensis3, "? Mourlonia obscura" = Ambozone obscura3
"Mourlonia (Pseudobaylea) freneyensis n. sp." = Pseudobaylea freneyensis3 Dickins 1963 snail
"? Mourlonia obscura" = Ambozone obscura3 Dickins 1963 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Stachella crucilirata" = Retispira crucilirata3
"Stachella crucilirata" = Retispira crucilirata3 Dickins 1963 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites wynnensis n. sp.3 Dickins 1963 snail
Warthia intermedia n. sp.3 Dickins 1963 snail
? Warthia carinata3 Dickins 1963 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Leptomphalus) besselensis n. sp.3 Dickins 1963 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
? Chaenomya nuraensis n. sp.3 Dickins 1963 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Palaeocosmomya "sp. nov."" = Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya)3
"Palaeocosmomya "sp. nov."" = Cosmomya (Palaeocosmomya)3 Fletcher 1946 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Myonia subarbitrata n. sp." = Myofossa subarbitrata3
"Myonia subarbitrata n. sp." = Myofossa subarbitrata3 Dickins 1963 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella obliqua3 Dickins 1963 clam
 Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae
Oriocrassatella sp.3 Etheridge 1907 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sandimanensis3 Dickins 1963 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Phestia lyonsensis" = Polidevcia lyonsensis3, Phestia darwini3
"Phestia lyonsensis" = Polidevcia lyonsensis3 Dickins 1956 clam
Phestia darwini3 de Koninck 1877 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
Dorsal valves
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Neochonetes (Sommeria) pratti" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti1
"Neochonetes (Sommeria) pratti" = Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti1 Davidson 1859
3 conjoined shells, 1 ventral valve
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Tomiopsis woodwardi2 Archbold and Thomas 1986