Mephiarges fossil assemblage: Couvinien, Australia
collected by Edgell 1951
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes culleni
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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"Spirifer" yassensis
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Fistulipora sp.
McCoy 1850
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon sp.
de Montfort 1808
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Niso darwini
de Koninck 1876
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recombined as Michelia darwini | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Loxonematidae
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Loxonema cf. anglicum
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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recombined as Australoxa anglica | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Scoliostomatidae
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Mitchellia striatula
de Koninck 1876
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Pseudophoridae
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Euomphalus cf. bigsbyi
de Koninck 1876
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recombined as Taemasotrochus bigsbyi | |||||||
Ostracoda
- Hollinocopida
- Primitiopsidae
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Primitiopsis sp.
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Ostracoda
- Leperditellocopida
- Primitiidae
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Primitia yassensis
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Ostracoda
- Beyrichicopida
- Aechminidae
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Aechmina sp.
Jones and Holl 1869
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Thlipsuridae
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Thlipsurella sp.
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Hollinellidae
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Hollinella sp.
Coryell 1928
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Ostracoda
- Palaeocopida
- Beyrichiidae
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Beyrichia sp.
M'Coy 1846
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Kloedenia sp.
Jones and Holl 1886
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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informal Proetidae indet.
Salter 1864
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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? Trimerocephalus sp.
M'Coy 1849
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Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida n. sp.
Edgell 1955
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recombined as Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Campophyllidae
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"Campophyllum" recessum
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Mucophyllidae
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Pseudamplexus aff. princeps
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Streptelasma sp.
Hall 1847
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Ptenophyllidae
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Xystriphyllum mitchelli
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Coenitidae
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Coenites expansus
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora auloporoides
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Syringopora speleana
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
Coordinates: | 35.1° South, 148.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 19.0° South, 169.8° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Devonian |
10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-3 |
Key time interval: | Couvinien |
Age range of interval: | 408.20000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wee Jasper | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 925 feet above the base of the Wee Jasper Limestone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),chemical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Edgell | Collection dates: | 1951 |
Collection method comments: Specimens deposited in Stanford University Paleo Type Collections (8305) |
Metadata
Database number: | 188209 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2017-08-24 17:03:37 | Last modified: | 2017-08-24 17:03:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-24 17:03:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
63127. | H. S. Edgell. 1955. A Middle Devonian lichid trilobite from south-eastern Australia. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 29(3/4):136-145 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |