Goniatite zone L2, near Loc. 371B (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as Goniatite zone L2, near Loc. 371B, Frasnian, Canning Basin

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.5° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 127.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Manticoceras cordatum ammonoid zone, Virgin Hills Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• Manticoceras sp. regional zone. PJW: updated to Manticoceras cordatum zone in Becker & House 2009

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; red limestone and red sandstone

• Marginal slope and basin facies of the reef complex.
• From ref. 10549: "The V.H. Fm. is typically red and consits 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: R. T. Becker, M. R. House, and W. T. Kirchgasser. 1993. Devonian goniatite biostratigraphy and timing of facies movements in the Frasnian of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. In E. A. Hailwood, R. B. Kidd (eds.), High Resolution Stratigraphy 70:293-321 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39069: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

• In general, only goniatites are mentioned by name.
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Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Manticoceras sp.
Manticoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite