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Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of eastern Australia

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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Bivalves of the genera Megadesmus Sowerby, pyramus, Myonia, and Astartila Dana, Vacunella Waterhouse, and Pleurikodonta Runnegar are common in the Permian strata of eastern Australia and are useful for both local and regional correlation. Some of these genera occur in New Zealand, Western Australia, India, and South America, but are uncommon in the northern hemisphere and appear to have been more or less endemic to the Gondwana province. Because of their common morphological features they can be grouped into a single family - the family Pholadomyidae.

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Title Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of eastern Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/71509099-86df-4b31-9688-6423f4c87ae0
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of eastern Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/desmodont-bivalves-from-the-permian-of-eastern-australia