Loc. 22. Warrigal Bend, 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)

• Middle part of member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, calcareous siltstone and calcareous claystone

• clayey silstones, silty claystones, claystones and fine-grained calcaerous sediments

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75693: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra acutilirata n. sp. Talent 1963
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"Gypidula (Devonogypa) polymita" = Devonogypa
"Gypidula (Devonogypa) polymita" = Devonogypa
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
? Hysterolites "sp. D" von Schlotheim 1820
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Adolfia glypta Talent 1963
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa cf. reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis alpha Gill 1949
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites exaltatus n. sp. Talent 1963
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Monotrypa sinuosa n. sp. Talent 1963
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae
Cyphotrypa angularis n. sp. Talent 1963
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucanopsis retifera" = Retispira retifera
"Bucanopsis retifera" = Retispira retifera Talent 1963 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus "sp. A" Meek and Worthen 1866 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
? Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
Ctenodonta placita Talent 1963 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria resplendens Talent 1963 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Rhizophyllum calceoloides n. sp. Talent 1963 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites moonbiensis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora corrigia n. sp. Talent 1963 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
Coenites sp. of Etheridge 1899.