Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.1° S, 148.6° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 169.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wee Jasper Formation, Couvinien (409.1 - 383.7 Ma)
• 925 feet above the base of the Wee Jasper Limestone
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by Edgell in 1951
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical,
• Specimens deposited in Stanford University Paleo Type Collections (8305)
Primary reference: H. S. Edgell. 1955. A Middle Devonian lichid trilobite from south-eastern Australia. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 29(3/4):136-145 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188209: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 24.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Syringopora auloporoides tabulate coral
Syringopora speleana tabulate coral | |
Coenites expansus tabulate coral | |
Xystriphyllum mitchelli horn coral | |
Pseudamplexus aff. princeps horn coral | |
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral | |
"Campophyllum" recessum horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
? Trimerocephalus sp. M'Coy 1849 trilobite | |
"Proetidae" indet. Salter 1864 trilobite | |
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida n. sp." = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida n. sp." = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida Edgell 1955 trilobite | |
Ostracoda | |
Primitia yassensis ostracod | |
Primitiopsis sp. ostracod | |
Aechmina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod | |
Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846 ostracod
Kloedenia sp. Jones and Holl 1886 ostracod | |
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod | |
Thlipsurella sp. ostracod | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Euomphalus cf. bigsbyi" = Taemasotrochus bigsbyi
"Euomphalus cf. bigsbyi" = Taemasotrochus bigsbyi de Koninck 1876 snail | |
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail | |
Mitchellia striatula de Koninck 1876 snail | |
"Loxonema cf. anglicum" = Australoxa anglica
"Loxonema cf. anglicum" = Australoxa anglica d'Orbigny 1850 snail | |
"Niso darwini" = Michelia darwini
"Niso darwini" = Michelia darwini de Koninck 1876 snail |