Where: Tasmania, Australia (43.1° S, 147.9° E: paleocoordinates 78.5° S, 166.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Roadian to Roadian (272.3 - 264.3 Ma)
• "white rock"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.B. Clarke
• Collected by the Rev. W.B. Clarke and sent to Prof. Sedgwick
Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXVIII. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(134):298-312 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 133749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata
"Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata Morris 1845 clam | |
"Pterinea macroptera" = Merismopteria macroptera
"Pterinea macroptera" = Merismopteria macroptera Morris 1845 oyster |