Bullung Siltstone, Mt. Easton Axis, Melbourne Trough: Wenlock - Ludlow, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Pristiograptus cf. dubius
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis spp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
? Hedeina sp. Boucot 1957
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiria sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta cf. bipartita (Chapman 1913)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina sp. Opik 1933
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum megastoma
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.3° South, 146.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.4° South, 175.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Wenlock - Ludlow
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Wenlock - Ludlow
Age range of interval: 433.4 - 423 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bullung Siltstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal siltstone
Secondary lithology:burrows siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "about 600 m of finely banded to structureless or burrowed siltstone interbedded with rare thick sandstone and massive siltstone with abundant shell grit [containing the fauna]."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Conformably overlies McAdam Sandstone. Overlies Sinclair Valley Sandstone.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: In addition to faunal list here, Talent et al. 1975 (ref. 7154) mention Encrinurus. PBDB ref. 7154 describes the fauna as allochthonous.
Metadata
Database number:25712
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-23 14:34:43 Last modified:2018-11-18 11:15:57
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-23 14:34:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7182. A. H. M. VandenBerg, M. J. Garratt, and D. Spencer-Jones. 1976. Silurian-Middle Devonian. In J. G. Douglas, J. A. Ferguson (eds.), Geology of Victoria 5:45-76 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]