Loc. 50. Mitchell River National Park (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 147.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 175.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kilgower Member (Tabberabbera Formation), Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Pragian call based on possibility (attributed to Strusz et al.) that the shelly fauna listed here is intermediate in age between Yeringian Cave Hill Formation and Buchanian Buchan Group.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• arenaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: "The rich shelly fauna of the Tabberabbera Formation is mostly confined to the Kilgower Sandstone Member."

Primary reference: J. A. Talent. 1963. The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24:1-118 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75683: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites moonbiensis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora flaccida tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora minor tabulate coral
Aulopora cf. elleri tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphyllum simplex n. sp. horn coral
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma ? clathratum stromatoporoid sponge
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella dargoensis Talent 1963
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella grayi n. sp. Talent 1963
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa undosa n. sp. Talent 1963
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis alpha Gill 1949
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
Uncinulus calathiscus n. sp. Talent 1963
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
? Septalaria longisepta n. sp. Talent 1963
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta bipartita Chapman 1913
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Notoleptaena undulifera n. sp. Talent 1963
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta cf. victoriae Chapman 1908 clam
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Pharetrolites cf. cristatus Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Prosoptychus cf. rotunda Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras indet. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema cf. australis Chapman 1916 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisoniidae indet. Koken 1896 snail
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda "gen. and sp. indet. A" Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Velibeyrichia wooriyallockensis Chapman 1903 ostracod
Trilobita
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Odontopleuridae indet. Burmeister 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops (Phacops) "n. sp." Emmrich 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene (Gravicalymene) angustior Chapman 1915 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Cornuproetus "n. sp." Richter and Richter 1919 trilobite
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Harpes sp. Goldfuss 1839 trilobite
 Life -