UQ L2742, Highway N of Theodore: Wuchiapingian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Cyrtella nobilis (Armstrong 1970)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Magniplicatina cf. halli (Waterhouse 1982)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Saetosina multispinosa (Dear 1971)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Capillonia brevisulcus (Waterhouse 1964)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma variabile (Wanner 1922)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten dawsonensis (Runnegar and Ferguson 1969)
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Vacunella curvata (Morris 1845)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Warthia micromphala (Morris 1845)
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 24.9° South, 150.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:70.3° South, 139.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Flat Top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Assigned the Echinalosia ovalis zone of Briggs (1998) and the middle part of palynomorph zone APP5. Laurie et al. (2016) calibrated the APP5 zone to mid-Wuchiapingian through Changhsingian. Phillips et al. (2018) marked the Platypus Tuff bed (dated as 256.01 Ma in Metcalf et al., 2015) within the Flat Top Formation but suggested that the top of the formation was 255.13 Ma based on correlation with a tuff bed at the top of the Colinlea Sandstone equivalent. These constraints suggest a Wuchiapingian age for the Flat Top Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UQ
Metadata
Database number:120667
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-11-20 04:43:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-20 04:43:05
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11597. J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]