Murrindal Limestone at Murrindal: Pragian - Emsian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites duni
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora angulata
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Roemeriidae
Roemeripora progenitor
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Xystriphyllum mitchelli
Acanthophyllum aequiseptatum
Acanthophyllum clermontense (Etheridge 1911)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum solidum
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus perbonus
"(=P. fovleolatus Philip & Jackson)"
Conodonta
Spathognathodus exiguus
genus name in quotes
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes buchanensis
genus name in quotes
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Malurostrophia flabellicauda
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.4° South, 148.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.2° South, 174.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
*International age/stage:Pragian - Emsian
Key time interval:Pragian - Emsian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Buchan Formation:Taravale Member:Murrindal Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Authors give conodont age of Emsian for Buchan Caves Limestone, which the Taravale conformably overlies. "Emsian" as used herein includes at least upper Pragian. "The Taravle Mudstone probably straddles the early to late Emsian (Praguian to Zlichovian) boundary." Murfindal Limestone is a small lenticular limestone within the Taravale Formation at Murrindal.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: "small lenticular limestone within the Taravale Formation"
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:25719
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-23 15:32:44 Last modified:2018-11-15 13:08:18
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-23 15:32:44
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]