Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.6° S, 148.1° E: paleocoordinates 71.0° S, 179.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Darlington Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.M. Johnston
• Repository: most or all specimens 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 144866: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
"Pachydomus hobartensis" = Eurydesma hobartense, "Pachydomus konincki" = Eurydesma hobartense konincki, "Notomya gouldii n. sp." = Eurydesma hobartense konincki
"Pachydomus hobartensis" = Eurydesma hobartense Johnston 1887 scallop
"Pachydomus konincki" = Eurydesma hobartense konincki Johnston 1887 scallop
"Notomya gouldii n. sp." = Eurydesma hobartense konincki Johnston 1887 scallop | |
Aviculopecten diemenensis n. sp.
Aviculopecten diemenensis n. sp. Johnston 1887 scallop | |