Also known as Reef 4017
Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.2° S, 126.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 131.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pillara Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)
• Disphyllum-Argutastrea fauna, Early Frasnian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UQ
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. L. S. Brownlaw and J. S. Jell. 2008. Middle and Upper Devonian rugose corals from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 35:1-126 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92877: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.12.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Disphyllum virgatum Hinde 1890 horn coral
Disphyllum hockingi n. sp. Brownlaw and Jell 2008 horn coral
Disphyllum cf. hockingi Brownlaw and Jell 2008 horn coral | |
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral |