Also known as Illaenus Band, Wapentake Formation, Heathcote District, Victoria, Australia
Where: Victoria, Australia (34.1° S, 151.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 174.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pterospathodus amorphognathoides amorphognathoides conodont zone, Costerfield Siltstone Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• Originally given as Illaenus Band of Wapentake and as Llandovery. The Wapentake is now thought to be Sheinwoodian, but the Illaenus Band now is put in the Telychian Costerfield Siltstone (PJW).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; silty claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Talent. 1965. The Silurian and Early Devonian Faunas of the Heathcote District, Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 26:1-55 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8028: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.06.2000, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scyphozoa | |
Paraconularia fletcheri n. sp.
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Anthozoa | |
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Coleolus | |
Coleolus sp. Hall 1879 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherellina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod | |
Punctoprimitia natalis ostracod | |
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Velibeyrichia epona ostracod
Drepanellina ? victoriana ostracod | |
Ctenobolbina proxima ostracod
Grammolomatella dubitabilis ostracod | |
Kiesowia peregrina ostracod
Kayatia multicarinata ostracod
Kayatia prima ostracod
Dilobella chapmani ostracod | |
Aechmina aechmessa ostracod | |
Ulrichia ? alata ostracod | |
Quadricollina initialis ostracod | |
Gillatia ? mitis ostracod
Gillatia cf. kilmoriensis ostracod
Gillatia limata ostracod
Gillatia trinacria ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Phacops typhlagogus trilobite | |
Dalmanitina aborigenum trilobite
Dalmanites ? athamas trilobite | |
? Odontopleurida indet. Whittington 1959 trilobite | |
Stenolaemata | |
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Strophomenata | |
Strophomena ? sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824 | |
Leptaena spp. Dalman 1828 | |
Hyolitha | |
Polychaeta | |
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872 scale worm | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Ctenodonta sp. n. sp., "Nucula chapmani" = Ctenodonta chapmani
Ctenodonta sp. n. sp. Salter 1852 clam
"Nucula chapmani" = Ctenodonta chapmani Öpik 1953 clam | |
Palaeoneilo ? sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Sinuitina ? matuta Öpik 1953 snail
Tropidodiscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Bellerophontidae indet., "Kokenospira trisinuata" = Bucanopsis trisinuata
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
"Kokenospira trisinuata" = Bucanopsis trisinuata Öpik 1953 snail | |
Phragmolites phaecus Öpik 1953 snail | |
"Bucanella trimetra" = Tritonophon trimetra
"Bucanella trimetra" = Tritonophon trimetra Öpik 1953 snail | |
"Raphispira ? latens" = Holopea latens
"Raphispira ? latens" = Holopea latens Öpik 1953 snail | |
Lophospiridae indet. Wenz 1938 snail | |
Loxonema subangulatum Öpik 1953 snail |