PBDB Collection

Locality 47, Boola Beds, south of Tyers Quarry, Tyers area, Victoria (Silurian of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.2° S, 146.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 175.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Boola Beds Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, calcareous mudstone

• thick, uniform mudstone series, grey-green, the top 100 ft. are fossiliferous, and may become calcareous and strongly cemented with carbonate, approaching an impure limestone

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. M. Philip. 1962. The palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Siluro-Devonian sediments of the Tyers Area, Gippsland, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75(n.s.):123-246 [A. Miller/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10191: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 05.03.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Dolerothis persculpta Dolerothis persculpta occasional
Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	aff. Onniella tyersensis, Tyersella typica, Isorthis festiva aff. Onniella tyersensis Philip 1962 rare Tyersella typica Philip 1962 rare Isorthis festiva Philip 1962 occasional
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria sp. Schizophoria sp. King 1850 rare
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira sp. Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 rare
Atrypida - Lissatrypidae	Lissatrypa lenticulata Lissatrypa lenticulata rare
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Plectatrypa australis, Atrypa fimbriata, Atrypa reticularis Plectatrypa australis rare Atrypa fimbriata rare Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758 occasional
Spiriferida -	Notanoplia australis Notanoplia australis rare
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae	Plectodonta bipartita Plectodonta bipartita Chapman 1913 rare
Strophomenida - Strophonellidae	Strophonella gippslandica Strophonella gippslandica Philip 1962 occasional
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	Leptostrophia affinalata Leptostrophia affinalata Gill 1949 rare
Strophomenida - Douvillinidae	Cymostrophia sp. Cymostrophia sp. Caster 1939 rare
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Notoleptaena otophera Notoleptaena otophera rare
Bivalvia
Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae	Cypricardinia sp. Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam rare
Ostreida - Pterineidae	Actinopteria sp. Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884 oyster rare
Trilobita
Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae	Leonaspis bispinosa Leonaspis bispinosa trilobite rare
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	"Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) silverdalensis" = Crotalocephalus silverdalensis "Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) silverdalensis" = Crotalocephalus silverdalensis Etheridge and Mitchell 1917 trilobite rare
Phacopida - Calymenidae	"Gravicalymene angustior" = Calymene (Gravicalymene) angustior "Gravicalymene angustior" = Calymene (Gravicalymene) angustior Chapman 1915 trilobite occasional
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae	Streptelasma spp. Streptelasma spp. Hall 1847 horn coral rare
Stauriida - Laccophyllidae	Syringaxon (Syringaxon) sp. Syringaxon (Syringaxon) sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral occasional
Favositida - Coenitidae	Coenites (Cladopora) planifolium, Coenites (Cladopora) gippslandica Coenites (Cladopora) planifolium tabulate coral occasional Coenites (Cladopora) gippslandica tabulate coral occasional
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Pleurodictyum megastoma Pleurodictyum megastoma tabulate coral occasional
Favositida - Favositidae	"Favosites squamuliferus" = Squameofavosites squamuliferus, Favosites forbesi, Favosites coactilis, Favosites moonbiensis "Favosites squamuliferus" = Squameofavosites squamuliferus Etheridge 1899 tabulate coral rare (F. squamuliferus forma nitidus) Favosites forbesi tabulate coral occasional Favosites coactilis tabulate coral common Favosites moonbiensis tabulate coral rare
Auloporida - Auloporidae	Aulopora emergens Aulopora emergens tabulate coral questionable occurrence