BMR Sp408/2, Stanleigh Homestead, Springsure (Permian of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (24.3° S, 148.2° E: paleocoordinates 58.3° S, 155.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Stanleigh Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection

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 134047: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae
Pyramus ? concentricus Etheridge 1872 clam