Also known as Reef 1574 and others
Where: Western Australia, Australia (17.5° S, 125.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 125.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pillara Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Some data also from Sadler Limestone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Summary of all reef builders from a variety of sources
Primary reference: J. A. Fagerstrom. 1994. The history of Devonian-Carboniferous reef communities: extinctions, effects, recovery. Facies 30:177-191 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 25263: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Alveolites tumidus, Alveolites cf. intermixtus, Alveolites cf. multiperforatus, Alveolites cf. caudatus, Alveolites cf. saleei, Alveolites suborbicularis
Alveolites tumidus tabulate coral
Alveolites cf. intermixtus tabulate coral
Alveolites cf. multiperforatus tabulate coral
Alveolites cf. caudatus tabulate coral
Alveolites cf. saleei Lecompte 1933 tabulate coral
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora angusta tabulate coral
Thamnopora bolonensis tabulate coral | |
Aulopora cf. liniformis tabulate coral
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Temnophyllum turbinatum Hill 1954 horn coral
Temnophyllum menyouense Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral | |
"Zaphrentis iocosa" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis iocosa" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |
Metriophyllum trochoides horn coral | |
Syringaxon dickinsi horn coral
Catactotoechus irregularis horn coral
Catactotoechus obliquus horn coral | |
"Donia brevilamellata" = Careophyllum brevilamellatum, Hexagonaria playfordi, "Temnophyllum floriforme" = Hillastraea floriformis, Argutastrea hullensis, Disphyllum curtum, Disphyllum aff. curtum, Disphyllum sp., Disphyllum virgatum, Disphyllum caespitosum, "Temnophyllum incomptum" = Disphyllum incomptum, Disphyllum intertextum
"Donia brevilamellata" = Careophyllum brevilamellatum Hill 1936 horn coral
Hexagonaria playfordi horn coral
"Temnophyllum floriforme" = Hillastraea floriformis Hill 1954 horn coral
Argutastrea hullensis Hill 1954 horn coral
Disphyllum curtum horn coral
Disphyllum aff. curtum horn coral
Disphyllum virgatum Hinde 1890 horn coral
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
"Temnophyllum incomptum" = Disphyllum incomptum Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral
Disphyllum intertextum Hill 1954 horn coral | |
Phacellophyllum sp., "? Haplothecia laciniosa" = Kuangxiastraea laciniosa, Peneckiella sp., Peneckiella teicherti
Phacellophyllum sp. Gürich 1909 horn coral
"? Haplothecia laciniosa" = Kuangxiastraea laciniosa Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
Peneckiella teicherti Hill 1954 horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporella laminata stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hermatostroma schlueteri, Hermatostroma roemeri, Hermatostroma ambiguum, Hermatostroma perseptatum, Trupetostroma bassleri, Trupetostroma mclearni
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma roemeri stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma ambiguum stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma bassleri stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma mclearni stromatoporoid sponge | |
Amphipora rudis stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora pervesiculata stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stromatopora cooperi stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora minutitextum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anostylostroma ponderosum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Actinostroma papillosum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma windjanicum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Rhodophyceae | |
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Epiphyton | |
Paraepiphyton caritus Wray 1967 | |
Sphaerocodium | |
Renalcis | |
Hormogoneae | |