Top of Benjamin Limestone, Westfield Syncline, Florentine Valley, Tasmania: Onnian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
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Phragmodus undatus
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Conodonta
- Panderodontida
- Panderodontidae
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Belodina compressa
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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Dinorthis sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Oncoceratidae
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? Beloitoceras sp.
Foerste 1924
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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Favistina sp.
Flower 1961
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Palaeophyllum spp.
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Cyathophylloides sp.
Dybowski 1873
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Palaeofavosites sp.
(Twenhofel 1914)
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| original and current combination Paleofavosites | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Lichenariida
- Lyoporidae
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Eofletcheria sp.
Bassler 1950
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Halysitidae
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Catenipora sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Falsicatenipora cf. chillagoensis
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Coccoserididae
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Coccoseris sp.
Eichwald 1855
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Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Syringophyllidae
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Calapoecia sp.
Billings 1865
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Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Billingsariidae
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Foerstephyllum sp.
Bassler 1950
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Tasmania |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 146.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.4° North, 179.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 | *Epoch: | Caradoc |
| *International age/stage: | Onnian | ||
| Key time interval: | Onnian | Zone: | Pleurograptus linearis |
| Age range of interval: | 453.20000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Benjamin Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Top of the formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 26238 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-10-08 19:26:53 | Last modified: | 2006-09-15 15:13:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-10-08 19:26:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7263. | 1% 6740 | M. R. Banks. 1988. The base of the Silurian System in Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Geology Series) 43:191-194 [M. Foote/M. Foote/U. Merkel] |