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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten latrobensis n. sp.
Aviculopecten latrobensis n. sp. Johnston 1887 scallop |