QML1031. Low hills on east side of north part of Bugle Gap, Mt. Pierre Station (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as NMVPL 1940

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.6° S, 126.1° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 128.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis linguiformis conodont zone, Virgin Hills Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• linguiformis conodont zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone and sandstone

• Within context of larger reef complex. Interpreted in ref. 10549 as marginal slope and basin facies.
• Ref. 10549: "The Virgin Hills Fromation is typically red and consists of calcarenite, calcirudite and megabreccia with interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate; clastic sediments become more common in the basin facies."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Cook, R. B. Blodgett, and R. T. Becker. 2003. Late Devonian gastropods from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 27(3-4):181-207 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38996: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Ref. 10548 covers gastropods only.
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Crinoidea
 Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Jaekelicrinus murrayi n. sp.
Jaekelicrinus murrayi n. sp. Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Codiacrinidae
Codiacrinus nicolli n. sp.
Codiacrinus nicolli n. sp. Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Taxocrinus sp.
Taxocrinus sp. Phillips 1843 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae
Hexacrinites brownlawi n. sp.
Hexacrinites brownlawi n. sp. Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Hyperoblastidae
Hyperoblastus buglensis n. sp.
Hyperoblastus buglensis n. sp. blastoid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Baylea teicherti n. sp.
Baylea teicherti n. sp. Cook et al. 2003 snail
[entered as Baylea teichert]