Wataepoolan limestone (Miocene to of Australia)

Also known as sample XXVI

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.9° S, 141.4° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° S, 138.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glenelg Group, Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 23.0 Ma)

• Calcareous clays from the lowest exposed part of the Formation. Landslip, Allotment 14, Ph. Wataepoolan.

Environment/lithology: marine; brown, argillaceous limestone

• This unit overlies unconformably the Glenaulin clay and consists mainly of orange-brown polyzoal limestones with some polyzoal marls and clayey beds. A massive nodular limestone bed near the base of this member contains a large molluscan fauna.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20) [L. Liow/F. Franeck/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173504: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 01.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae
Vittaticella grandis, aff. Vittaticella insignis, Catenicella sp.
Vittaticella grandis Maplestone 1898
aff. Vittaticella insignis MacGillivray 1895
Catenicella sp. de Blainville 1830
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Biflustra delta, Biflustra regularis, "Membranipora" pegma n. sp., "Membranipora" longipes, "Membranipora" crespinae, "Membranipora" striata
Biflustra delta Brown 1958
Biflustra regularis d'Orbigny 1852
"Membranipora" pegma n. sp. Brown 1958
"Membranipora" longipes Maplestone 1901
"Membranipora" striata MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria bicornis, Cellaria rigida, Cellaria contigua
Cellaria rigida MacGillivray 1885
Cellaria rigida perampla
Cellaria contigua MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Tetraplariidae
Tetraplaria australis
Tetraplaria australis Tenison-Woods 1879
 Cheilostomata - Reteporidae
Iodictyum sp.
Iodictyum sp. Harmer 1933
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Hippoporina incomposita
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Plagiosmittia australis n. sp., Smittina rogickae n. sp., Smittina uttleyi, Smittina eagari n. sp.
Plagiosmittia australis n. sp. Brown 1958
Smittina rogickae n. sp. Brown 1958
Smittina uttleyi Brown 1958
Smittina eagari n. sp. Brown 1958
 Cheilostomata - Petraliidae
Discopora vultur
Discopora vultur Hincks 1882
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella magna
Hippomenella magna Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Mucronellidae
Smittinella tatei, Smittinella wataepoolanensis n. sp.
Smittinella tatei Tenison-Woods 1877
Smittinella wataepoolanensis n. sp. Brown 1958
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Trigonopora vermicularis, Adeonellopsis yarraensis, Anarthropora voigti n. sp.
Trigonopora vermicularis Maplestone 1902
Anarthropora voigti n. sp. Brown 1958
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Palmicellaria quadrifrons, Palmicellaria ornata
Palmicellaria quadrifrons Maplestone 1900
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
"Retepora" tridentata
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Arthropoma torquis
Arthropoma torquis Brown 1958
 Cheilostomata - Porinidae
Porina gracilis
Porina gracilis Lamarck 1816
Porina gracilis vertebralis
 Cheilostomata - Myriaporidae
Myriapora operculata
Myriapora operculata Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
Gigantopora tuberculosa
Gigantopora tuberculosa Maplestone 1902
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Chiastosella daedala, Chiastosella conservata, "Schizoporella" parvisinuata
Chiastosella daedala MacGillivray 1882
? var.
 Cheilostomata - Hincksinidae
Glenelgia crawfordensis n. gen. n. sp.
Glenelgia crawfordensis n. gen. n. sp. Brown 1958
 Cheilostomata - Vinculariidae
"Vincularia" gigantea
"Vincularia" gigantea Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
? Arachnopusia terminata, Arachnopusia liversidgei
Arachnopusia liversidgei Tenison-Woods 1877
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
"aff. Smittina lateralis" = Rhamphosmittina lateralis
"aff. Smittina lateralis" = Rhamphosmittina lateralis MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Sphaeropora fossa
Sphaeropora fossa Haswell 1881
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Escharoides duplicata, Escharella elongata
Escharella elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
 Cheilostomata - Ellisinidae
aff. Ellisina incrustans, Ellisina gregsoni
Ellisina gregsoni MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Foveolaria thomasi, "Amphiblestrum" planulatum
Foveolaria thomasi Brown 1958
"Amphiblestrum" planulatum Maplestone 1901
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Cribrilaria radiata, Cribrilina hebetata, Corbulipora ornata
Cribrilina hebetata Waters 1882
Corbulipora ornata MacGillivray 1895
 Cheilostomata - Flustridae
Hincksina geminata
Hincksina geminata Waters 1881
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Selenaria cupola
Selenaria cupola Tenison-Woods 1880
Selenaria cupola spiralis
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Ogiva concamerata
Ogiva concamerata Waters 1881
 Cheilostomata - Aspidostomatidae
Macropora sp., Aspidostoma airense, Crateropora patula, Crateropora inconspicua
Aspidostoma airense Maplestone 1902
Crateropora patula Waters 1881
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella sp., Steginoporella haddoni
Steginoporella sp. Smitt 1873
 Cheilostomata - Didymosellidae
Didymosella larvalis, Bimicroporella watersi n. sp.
Didymosella larvalis MacGillivray 1869
Bimicroporella watersi n. sp. Brown 1958