BMR WB169, 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)

• Upper part of Madeline Formation

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 85952: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

• Kiangsiella condoni Thomas, 1958 is listed as occurring at this locality, but in footnote J.M. Dickins states that it is probably from WB179
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Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Wyndhamia colemani n. sp." = Arcticalosia colemani
"Wyndhamia colemani n. sp." = Arcticalosia colemani Archbold 1987
2 complete shells, 2 ventral valves, 2 dorsal valves, internal mold of complete shell