Chinaman Creek Lst Middle Fauna, Broken River Province, N Queensland (Devonian to of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.5° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.1° S, 152.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chinaman Creek Limestone Member (Broken River Formation), Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• Eifelian to earliest Givetian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and calcareous shale

• Shallow marine.
• Ref. 10847: "2250 feet of limestone with moderate-sized bioherms at the base" "Predominantly detrital limestones with thin calcareous shales and several thick coarse sandstone beds; large reefal limestones in basal unit...Interbedded in the Broken River Formation and grading laterally into muddy sediments to the south"

Primary reference: J. S. Jell, A. Simpson, R. Mawson and J. A. Talent. 1993. Biostratigraphic summary. in I. W. Withnall and S. C. Lang, eds. Geology of the Broken River Province, north Queensland [Queensland Geology vol. 4; Department of Minerals and Energy] 239-245 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40012: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 14.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• For the most part, only the corals are considered in any detail.
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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp.
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp.
Cystiphylloides sp. Chapman 1893 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Sanidophyllum sp., Endophyllum sp.
Sanidophyllum sp. Etheridge 1899 horn coral
Endophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Spongophyllum sp.
Spongophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Acanthophyllum sp., Taimyrophyllum sp., Xystriphyllum sp., Australophyllum sp.
Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral
Taimyrophyllum sp. Chernyshev 1941 horn coral
Xystriphyllum sp. Hill 1939 horn coral
Australophyllum sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Dendrostella sp.
Dendrostella sp. Glinski 1957 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum sp.
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp.
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Stringocephalus sp.