Mersey, marine Tasmanite bed (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.3° S, 146.4° E: paleocoordinates 69.7° S, 173.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quamby Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

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 144867: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten latrobensis n. sp. Johnston 1887 scallop