Australian Museum Journal Fossil Murray Cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) from diatomaceous earths in New South Wales
- Shortform:
- Hills, 1946, Rec. Aust. Mus. 21(7): 380–382
- Author(s):
- Hills, E. S.
- Year published:
- 1946
- Title:
- Fossil Murray Cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) from diatomaceous earths in New South Wales
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 7
- Start page:
- 380
- End page:
- 382
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.21.1946.553
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plates xxxi–xxxiii
- Date published:
- 24 June 1946
- Cover date:
- 24 June 1946
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES; FOSSIL; PALAEONTOLOGY
- Digitized:
- 03 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 553
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (145kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1738kb PDF)
Abstract
The fossil fishes described in this paper have been gathered together from various sources, and I am indebted to the following persons for the loan of specimens and for other facilities of research: Mr. Heber Longman, Director of the Queensland Museum, who first brought the occurrence of the beautifully preserved fishes from Bugaldi to my notice; Dr. Ida Brown, who subsequently discussed the occurrence with me and arranged for me to borrow the material in the Museum of the Geology Department, University of Sydney; Dr. A. B. Walkom, Director of the Australian Museum, who kindly loaned the specimens in his care, and also enabled me to examine material of the living Murray Cod; Miss E. C. Pope, of the Australian Museum, who supplied measurements and scales of the living species; Mr. J. A. Tubb, M.Sc., of the Fisheries Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, who generously placed at my disposal his unpublished notes on anatomical variation within the genus Maccullochella; Mr. G. Mack, formerly of the National Museum, Melbourne, who provided material for comparison; Mr. R. A. Keble, of the National Museum, who loaned a fossil specimen in his care