Lime Creek Area, Spongophyllum association (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1841

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.5° S, 146.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 151.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Spongophyllum association

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• mainly wackestone, biostromes in a nearshore environment

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 80378: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 16.04.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Xystriphyllum dotswoodense n. sp.
Xystriphyllum dotswoodense n. sp. Zhen 1994 horn coral
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Spongophyllum (Beugniesastraea) variabilis n. sp.
Spongophyllum (Beugniesastraea) variabilis n. sp. Zhen 1994 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Loyolophyllum sp.
Loyolophyllum sp. Chapman 1914 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Amaraphyllum amoenum
Amaraphyllum amoenum Pedder 1970 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Endophyllum jelli n. sp.
Endophyllum jelli n. sp. Zhen 1994 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Pseudomicroplasma australe