BMR WB11, Mount Madeline (Permian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (25.8° S, 115.7° E: paleocoordinates 60.4° S, 95.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Madeline Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. W. Archbold. 1986. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 6. The genera Strophalosia King, 1844, Heteralosia King, 1938 and Echinalosia Waterhouse, 1967. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 98:97-119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85929: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Heteralosia "sp. A", "Wyndhamia colemani" = Arcticalosia colemani1
Heteralosia "sp. A" King 1938
4 ventral valves
"Wyndhamia colemani" = Arcticalosia colemani1 Archbold 1987
2 complete shells
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer plicatus" = Quadrospira plicatus2
"Neospirifer plicatus" = Quadrospira plicatus2 Archbold and Thomas 1986
2 articulated, 3 incomplete VV, 1 incomplete DV