BMR Z5b, Staircase Creek, Springsure-Rollestone Road (Permian of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (24.2° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 58.2° S, 155.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained, gray, muddy siltstone and lithified, coarse-grained, sandy siltstone

• Fine, grey, clayey siltstone and coarse, sandy siltstone, with two 30 cm calcareous sandstone and pebbly sandstone beds, and cobbles up to 15 cm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1998. Permian Productidina and Strophalosiidina from the Sydney-Bowen Basin and New England Orogen: systematics and biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 19:1-258 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86009: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Echinalosia preovalis
Echinalosia preovalis Maxwell 1954
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Magniplicatina undulata
Magniplicatina undulata Waterhouse 1986