Where: Victoria, Australia (36.8° S, 144.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 173.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McIvor Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• According to the author, the McIvor Formation lies above the Silurian/Devonian boundary, but the Mt. Ida Formation above the McIvor is of Lower Gedinnian age. The stage name "Skalian" is given as the age of the McIvor.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 8381: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 10.07.2000

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