Also known as \"The specimens described are held in the collection of the Geology Department, University of Tasmania (UTGD), and the numbers given are the accession numbers in that collection." Individual specimen numbers were not recorded to the database.
Where: Antarctica (75.5° S, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 62.1° S, 8.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 167.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: P.G. Quilty. 1983. Bajocian bivalves from Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 26:395-418 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32724: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Ostrea "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Camptonectes" (aff. Camptonectes) grandis, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) robusta n. sp., Spondylus sp.
"Camptonectes" (aff. Camptonectes) grandis Hector 1886 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) robusta n. sp. scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Placunopsis parallela n. sp.
Placunopsis parallela n. sp. scallop | |
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop | |
Oxytoma trechmanni n. sp., Oxytoma sp.
Oxytoma trechmanni n. sp. scallop
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop | |
Entolium (Entolium) spedeni n. sp.
Entolium (Entolium) spedeni n. sp. scallop | |
"Crassatellacea indet." = Crassatelloidea
"Crassatellacea indet." = Crassatelloidea FĂ©russac 1822 clam | |
Pleuromya latarugata n. sp. clam
Pleuromya "sp. 4" Meek 1873 clam
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
Pleuromya milleformis Marwick 1953 clam | |
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) "sp. 1" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
Anisocardia "sp. 2" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
Pronoella antarctica n. sp. clam | |
Pholadomya anterumbonis n. sp.
Pholadomya anterumbonis n. sp. clam | |
Vaugonia "sp. 1" Crickmay 1930 clam |