Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll): Sakmarian, Australia
collected by J.D. Dana 1838-1842

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Chaetetes ovata (Lonsdale 1844)
Dana 1849
original and current combination Stenopora ovata
Chaetetes tasmaniensis (Lonsdale 1844)
Dana 1849
original and current combination Stenopora tasmaniensis
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Bellerophon undulatus n. sp. Dana 1847
synonym of Warthia micromphala
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria nuda n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Pseudobaylea nuda
(1 measurement)
Pleurotomaria trifilata Dana 1847
recombined as Pleurocinctosa trifilata
Platyschisma oculus (Sowerby 1838)
Dana 1849
recombined as Keeneia ocula
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Patella" tenella n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Platyceras tenella
Pileopsis alta n. sp. Dana 1849
Dana 1849
recombined as Rhabdocantha alta
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia
Solen (Solecurtus) planulatus n. sp. Dana 1847
nomen dubium belonging to Bivalvia
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
(1 measurement)
    = Nucula concinna n. sp. Dana 1849
Dana 1849
replaced by Polidevcia cryptica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma cordata Morris 1845
Dana 1849
corrected as Eurydesma cordatum
(1 measurement)
Eurydesma globosa n. sp. Dana 1847
synonym of Eurydesma cordatum
(2 measurements)
Eurydesma sacculus (M'Coy 1847)
Dana 1849
synonym of Eurydesma cordatum
(1 measurement)
Eurydesma elliptica n. sp. Dana 1847
synonym of Eurydesma cordatum
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Pecten illawarrensis (Morris 1845)
Dana 1849
recombined as Deltopecten illawarrensis
(1 measurement)
Pecten squamuliferus Morris 1845
Dana 1849
recombined as Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Pecten comptus n. sp. Dana 1847
replaced by Fletcheripecten laticostatus
Pecten tenuicollis n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Etheripecten tenuicollis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Modiolopsis imbricata n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Merismopteria imbricata
(2 measurements)
Modiolopsis arcodes n. sp. Dana 1847
synonym of Merismopteria imbricata
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Modiolopsis simplex n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Stutchburia simplex
"Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse (1 measurement)
? Cardinia recta n. sp. Dana 1847
recombined as Stutchburia recta
"Illawarra" in Dana - loc according to Waterhouse (1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Pachydomus levis (Sowerby 1838)
Dana 1849
recombined as Pyramus laevis
Astartila cyprina Dana 1847
Dana 1849
    = Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838
Waterhouse 1988
Pachydomus antiquatus (Sowerby 1838)
Dana 1849
synonym of Pyramus laevis
Pachydomus cuneatus (Sowerby 1838)
Dana 1849
synonym of Pyramus laevis
Pyramus ellipticus n. sp. Dana 1847
synonym of Pyramus laevis
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia levigata Morris 1845
Dana 1849
recombined as Notoconularia levigata
Conularia tenuistriata M'Coy 1847
Dana 1849
recombined as Notoconularia tenuistriata
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New South Wales
Coordinates: 32.7° South, 151.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.8° South, 169.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Sakmarian
Age range of interval:293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Allandale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified conglomeratic "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:J.D. Dana Collection dates:1838-1842
Metadata
Database number:119250
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-10-22 13:49:16 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-22 13:49:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
20608. J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

27730 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]
27727 G. A. Thomas. 1969. Notoconularia, a new conularid genus from the Permian of eastern Australia. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1283-1290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
33926 J. B. Waterhouse. 1988. Revision of the bivalved mollusca described by James Dwight Dana 1847-1849 from the Permian of eastern Australia. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 12(2):165-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]