Allandale (AM coll) (Permian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.7° S, 151.4° E: paleocoordinates 61.9° S, 169.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Allandale Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Australian Museum, Sydney

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1979. New members of the Atomodesminae (Bivalvia) from the Permian of Australia and New Zealand. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 9:1-22 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
? Aphanaia "sp. A" Koninck 1877 clam
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Eurydesma hobartense2 Johnston 1887 scallop
ssp. konincki
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Pachymyonia morrisii" = Pachymyonia morrisi1, Pachymyonia etheridgei1
"Pachymyonia morrisii" = Pachymyonia morrisi1 Etheridge 1919 clam
Pachymyonia etheridgei1 Dun 1932 clam
coll. C.F. Laseron