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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12513275374).jpg 274 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY April 24 <br> What lapse of time is represented during this period of erosion is <br> a matter of speculation ; but it seems certain tliat the Mollusca of the <br> present creeks Avere also the inliabitants of the waters during the <br> whole period of denudation since the last volcanic eruption <br> From the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north to Darling Downs in <br> the south however the fossil remains of extinct mammalia have been <br> found in breccias and indurated muds which are representatives of <br> the beds of old water-courses through which the present creeks cut <br> their channels At Maryvale Creek in latitude 19° 30' south good <br> sections of these old brecciated alluvia occur a view of one of which <br> is here given Fig 2 The fossils from this section as determined <br> Fig 2 ” Vieiu o/ Diprotodon-Jreccms Maryvale Creeic Northern <br> Queensland Lat 19° 30' S <br> - k-' <br> by Professor Owen are Diprotodon austndis Alacropus titan Thy- <br> lacoleo Phascolomi/s Nototherium Crocodile teeth c <br> Imbedded in the same matrix occur several genera of mollusca of <br> species undistinguishable from those inhabiting the Maryvale Creek <br> My friend and late colleague Mr liobert Etheridge jun has com- <br> pared these with the recent forms and finds them to consist of ” <br> Gasteropoda <br> Melania pagoda <br> area <br> subimbricata <br> ž mcesta <br> Melania sp <br> Limna a rimosa <br> Physa truncata <br> ž sp <br> Corbicula ausfcralis <br> Lamellibranciiiata <br> I Unio sp <br> The fact of these older alluvia forming both the bed and banks of <br> the present water- course as seen also in the section delineated 34985287 108770 51125 Page 274 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985287 1872 Geological Society of London NameFound Alacropus NameFound Carpentaria NameConfirmed Carpentaria EOLID 35145 NameBankID 1850384 NameFound Corbicula NameConfirmed Corbicula EOLID 10720404 NameBankID 2693586 NameFound Diprotodon NameConfirmed Diprotodon EOLID 4528363 NameBankID 112666 NameFound Gasteropoda NameConfirmed Gasteropoda NameBankID 4175110 NameFound Melania pagoda NameConfirmed Melania pagoda Lea NameFound Melania sp NameConfirmed Melania EOLID 4873683 NameBankID 3002308 NameFound Mollusca NameConfirmed Mollusca EOLID 2195 NameBankID 230454 NameFound Nototherium NameConfirmed Nototherium EOLID 4528371 NameBankID 4261106 NameFound Physa truncata NameConfirmed Physa truncata H Adams 1861 NameFound Unio NameConfirmed Unio EOLID 2979542 NameBankID 4388466 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985287 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985287 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12513275374 2015-08-27 10 01 08 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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