Where: Tasmania, Australia (41.5° S, 146.6° E: paleocoordinates 76.6° S, 166.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weston Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• Probably from member E equivalent (Weston Formation) of the Malbina Formation, according to Runnegar, 1967
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
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 144870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Notomya trigonalis n. sp." = Megadesmus trigonalis
"Notomya trigonalis n. sp." = Megadesmus trigonalis Johnston 1887 clam |