Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.9° S, 147.4° E: paleocoordinates 71.9° S, 178.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bundella Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Just below freshwater Porter's Hill Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.M. Johnston
• Repository: Most or all specimens are now lost
Primary reference: R. M. Johnston. 1887. Contribution to the palaeontology of the upper Palaeozoic rocks of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1886 4-18 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144863: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
"Tellinomya etheridgei n. sp." = Phestia darwini
"Tellinomya etheridgei n. sp." = Phestia darwini de Koninck 1877 clam | |
"Modiomorpha ornatissima n. sp." = Volsellina ornatissima
"Modiomorpha ornatissima n. sp." = Volsellina ornatissima Johnston 1887 mussel | |
"Aviculopecten hobartensis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis, "Aviculopecten sprentii n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis
"Aviculopecten hobartensis n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop
"Aviculopecten sprentii n. sp." = Etheripecten tenuicollis Dana 1847 scallop | |
|
Streblopteria mortonii Johnston 1887 scallop | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"? Inoceramus elegantula n. sp." = Ingelarella elegantula
"? Inoceramus elegantula n. sp." = Ingelarella elegantula Johnston 1887 | |
| Ostracoda | |
"Cythere" tasmanica n. sp.
"Cythere" tasmanica n. sp. Johnston 1887 ostracod | |
| Scyphozoa | |
"Conularia laevigata" = Notoconularia levigata
"Conularia laevigata" = Notoconularia levigata Morris 1845 jellyfish | |