Kirkland Downs, Australophyllum-Sanidophyllum association: Givetian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Pseudomicroplasma australe
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Anthozoa
- Charactophyllidae
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Charactophyllum (Spinophyllum) trochoides
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Centristelidae
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Centristela sp.
Tsyganko 1967
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rare category | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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Argutastrea sp.
Crickmay 1960
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Endophyllidae
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Sanidophyllum kirklandense n. sp.
Zhen 1994
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Zhen 1994 | common category | ||||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Fasciphyllidae
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Fasciphyllum immersum
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Ptenophyllidae
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Xystriphyllum sp.
Hill 1939
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Acanthophyllum (Acanthophyllum) informal sp. B
Dybowski 1873
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Australophyllum cyathophylloides
(Etheridge 1911)
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Zhen 1994 | abundant category | ||||||||
n. subsp. yohi | ||||||||||
Taimyrophyllum sp.
Chernyshev 1941
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common category | |||||||||
Taimyrophyllum crassiseptatum n. sp.
Zhen 1994
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Zhen 1994 | common category | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
Coordinates: | 19.5° South, 146.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° South, 151.2° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Givetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Fanning River | Formation: | Burdekin | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Australophyllum-Sanidophyllum association |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: coral biostromes | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 1841 | ||
Database number: | 106535 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-25 01:24:34 | Last modified: | 2011-03-24 09:24:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-25 01:24:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35619. | 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] |
Secondary references:
35620 | Y. Zhen. 1994. Givetian rugose corals from the northern margin of the Burdekin Basin, north Queensland. Alcheringa 18:301-343 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |