Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.6° S, 151.7° E: paleocoordinates 67.8° S, 159.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Muree Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• Assigned to the Echinalosia robusta/hanloni brachiopod zone and lower APP4.2 palynomorph zone by Briggs (1998). Laurie et al., (2016) inferred an age of 266.8 Ma for the base of APP4.2 on the basis of radiometric constraints, which places it coincident with the base of the Wordian (266.9 Ma in West Texas; Wu et al., 2020).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J. Dana in 1838-1842; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. D. Dana. 1849. Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales. United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Atlas: Geology 681-720 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98110: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Cardium australe" = Bransonia australe
"Cardium australe" = Bransonia australe M'Coy 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula glendonensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis glendonensis
"Nucula glendonensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis glendonensis Dana 1849 nut clam | |
"Maeonia fragilis n. sp." = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata, "Pholadomya glendonensis n. sp." = Vacunella curvata
"Maeonia fragilis n. sp." = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata Morris 1845 clam
"Pholadomya glendonensis n. sp." = Vacunella curvata Morris 1845 clam | |
"Cypricardia veneris n. sp." = Stutchburia veneris
"Cypricardia veneris n. sp." = Stutchburia veneris Dana 1849 clam | |
"Pecten mitis n. sp." = Etheripecten leniusculus
"Pecten mitis n. sp." = Etheripecten leniusculus Dana 1847 scallop | |
Lingulata | |
? Siphonotreta curta n. sp.
? Siphonotreta curta n. sp. Dana 1849 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer" sp. Sowerby 1818 | |
"Spirifer darwinii" = Notospirifer darwini
"Spirifer darwinii" = Notospirifer darwini Morris 1845 | |
"Fletcherithyris amygdala" = Fletcherithyris biundata
"Fletcherithyris amygdala" = Fletcherithyris biundata M'Coy 1847 | |
? Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella gracilis n. sp. Dana 1849
Fenestella media n. sp. Dana 1849
Fenestella fossula Lonsdale 1844 | |
"Fenestella ampla" = Protoretepora ampla, "Fenestella internata" = Polyporella internata
"Fenestella ampla" = Protoretepora ampla Lonsdale 1844
"Fenestella internata" = Polyporella internata Lonsdale 1844 | |
Scyphozoa | |
"Conularia inornata n. sp." = Notoconularia inornata
"Conularia inornata n. sp." = Notoconularia inornata Dana 1849 jellyfish |