List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Syringpora flaccida
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus lenzi
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Adolfiidae
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Spinella buchanensis
Talent 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Echinospiriferidae
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Howittia howitti
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Anatrypa erectirostris
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Buchanathyris westoni
Talent 1956
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Anoplothecidae
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Coelospira dayi
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Aulacella sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis spedeni
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Muriferella hillae
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Protochonetes australis
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Goniophyllidae
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Calceola sandalina
(Linnaeus 1771)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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Chalcidophyllum recessum
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Gurievskiella sp.
Zheltonogova 1961
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Tropidophyllum sp. n. sp.
Pedder 1971
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Ptenophyllidae
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Acanthophyllum aequiseptatum
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora alterivalis
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° South, 147.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.1° South, 174.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Buchan | Formation: | Buchan Caves Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Authors given Emsian conodont age. Emsian as used herein includes Pragian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,gray grainstone |
| Secondary lithology: | dolomite |
| Lithology description: "At Buchan the sequence consists of thin basal tuff, tuffaceous sandstone, calcareous sediment, and rare conglomerate, followed by 30 to 40 m of light-coloured dolomite and dolomitic limestone, overlain by mid-grey to black, fine to medium-grained calcarenite, with a high proportion of calcilutite in the upper part of the formation." No specific details given for Bindi locality, other than different thickness in overall section (200 m at Bindi, 370 m at Buchan). | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 25716 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-09-23 15:17:47 | Last modified: | 2018-11-15 13:06:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-23 15:17:47 |
| 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] |