Fanning River, Endophyllum-Stringophyllum association (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1841

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.7° S, 146.4° E: paleocoordinates 10.9° S, 151.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdekin Formation (Fanning River Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• top of the Burdekin Formation, Endophyllum columna-Stringophyllum (Stringophyllum) isactis association

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• shallow water, nearshore, medium energy environment
• large biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Zhen. 1996. Succession of coral associations during a Givetian transgressive-regressive cycle in Queensland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41(1):59-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80377: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 16.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Endophyllum columna horn coral
subsp. columna
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Dohmophyllum clarkei Hill 1942 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral