Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Upper Quarry, Marble Creek (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as 1/4 mile east of Thomson River, 8 miles west of Cowwarr

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 146.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 175.7° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toongabble Limestone Formation, Siegen (412.3 - 409.1 Ma)

• U. Siegenian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Talent and G.M. Philip. 1956. Siluro-Devonian Mollusca from Marble Creek, Thomson River, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 68(1):57-71 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56698: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria anfractaviara n. sp.
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria meridionalis n. sp.
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Conocardium angelicum n. sp." = Hippocardia angelicum
"Conocardium angelicum n. sp." = Hippocardia angelicum Talent and Philip 1956
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Orthonychia sp.
Orthonychia sp. Hall 1843 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Ostlerina delicata n. gen. n. sp." = Platyostoma delicata, Platyceras sp.
"Ostlerina delicata n. gen. n. sp." = Platyostoma delicata Talent and Philip 1956 snail
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina -
"Michelia bauerae" = Vetotuba bauerae
"Michelia bauerae" = Vetotuba bauerae Cook 1994 snail