Bivalves of Taemas Fmn., Wee Jasper area (Devonian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.0° S, 149.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 173.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Taemas Formation (Murrumbidgee Group), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Murrumbidgee Group conformably overlies Lower Devonian volcanics.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone and lime mudstone

• Lithologies of Taemas include grainstones, fossiliferous micrite, and crinoidal limestone. Little terrigenous material overall.

Collection methods: Includes localities WJx, WJy, Loc. 1, and Barbers 17 & 20.

Primary reference: P. A. Johnston. 1993. Lower Devonian pelecypods from southeastern Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 14:1-134 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35558: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.12.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause and Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus linguiformis2
Polygnathus linguiformis2 Hinde 1879 conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis linguiformis
Osteichthyes
  -
Ligulalepis sp.1
Ligulalepis sp.1 Schultze 1968 lobe-finned fish
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
? Deceptrix clarkei
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemyidae indet.
Solemyidae indet. Adams and Adams 1857 Awning Clam
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca bloomfieldensis n. sp.
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp., Cornellites catellus n. sp., Cornellites campbelli n. sp., Cornellites talenti n. sp., Actinopteria cf. murrindalensis, Limoptera murrumbidgeensis n. sp.
Tolmaia erugisulca n. sp. oyster
Cornellites catellus n. sp. oyster
Cornellites campbelli n. sp. oyster
Cornellites talenti n. sp. oyster
 Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteriidae indet.
Rhombopteriidae indet. Korobkov 1960 oyster
n. gen. n. sp.
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
? Sanguinolites phlyctaenatus n. sp.
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora duplisulca n. sp., Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp.
Phorinoplax striata n. gen. n. sp. Johnson 1993 clam
 Solenida - Solenomorphidae
Solenomorpha sp.
Solenomorpha sp. Cockerell 1903 clam
 Lucinida -
Lucinoidea indet.
Lucinoidea indet. Fleming 1828 clam
gen.? et sp. nov.
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas rugosa, Paracyclas proavia
Paracyclas proavia Goldfuss 1834 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nargunella comptorae n. sp.
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus truemani n. sp.
Schizodus truemani n. sp. clam
 Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
Eoschizodus taemasensis n. sp.
1Basden and Young 2011; 2Philip and Jackson 1967