River Styx (Permian of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.8° S, 146.7° E: paleocoordinates 72.2° S, 177.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

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 144869: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
"Pachydomus konincki" = Eurydesma hobartense konincki
"Pachydomus konincki" = Eurydesma hobartense konincki Johnston 1887 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
? Edmondia dubia Johnston 1887 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cardiomorpha minuta Johnston 1887 clam