Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.8° S, 147.0° E: paleocoordinates 71.2° S, 175.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brumby Formation (Quamby Group), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the UQ
Primary reference: B. Runnegar. 1967. Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of eastern Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 96:1-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133745: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Eurydesma sp. Morris 1845 scallop | |
Pyramus laevis Sowerby 1838 clam |