BMR Collinsville 4a (Permian of Australia)

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
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
"Astartila (Pleurikodonta) elegans" = Pleurikodonta elegans
"Astartila (Pleurikodonta) elegans" = Pleurikodonta elegans Runnegar 1965 clam