Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land (W.B. Clarke coll) (Permian to of Australia)

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
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata
"Pachydomus carinatus" = Myonia (Myomedia) carinata Morris 1845 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterinea macroptera" = Merismopteria macroptera
"Pterinea macroptera" = Merismopteria macroptera Morris 1845 oyster