Where: Queensland, Australia (20.8° S, 147.7° E: paleocoordinates 57.2° S, 145.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: B. Runnegar. 1965. The bivalves Megadesmus Sowerby and Astartila Dana from the Permian of eastern Australia. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 12(2):227-252 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116750: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Astartila (Pleurikodonta) elegans" = Pleurikodonta elegans
"Astartila (Pleurikodonta) elegans" = Pleurikodonta elegans Runnegar 1965 clam |