UQ L1930, Yarrol (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (25.0° S, 151.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° S, 159.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rands Formation, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Age is poorly constrained; overlies Serpukhovian units but underlies Permian strata.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UQ

Primary reference: W. G. H. Maxwell. 1964. The geology of the Yarrol Region. Part 1. Biostratigraphy. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 5(9):1-60 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144982: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana" etheridgei Maxwell 1964 pointed nut clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus ellioti Maxwell 1964 clam