Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.3° S, 126.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 127.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Devonian(?) according to paper but coral species have been described from the Frasnian in later papers.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Edward T. Hardman in 1883; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: G. J. Hinde. 1890. Notes on the palaeontology of Western Australia 2. Corals and Polyzoa. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 7:194-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131546: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pachypora tumida n. sp.
Pachypora tumida n. sp. Hinde 1890 tabulate coral | |
Aulopora repens Knorr and Walch 1775 tabulate coral | |
Cyathophyllum depressum n. sp.
Cyathophyllum depressum n. sp. Hinde 1890 horn coral | |
"Cyathophyllum virgatum n. sp." = Disphyllum virgatum
"Cyathophyllum virgatum n. sp." = Disphyllum virgatum Hinde 1890 horn coral |