Virgin Hills Fm. Ammonoids, K184, Stufe II, Famennian, Canning Basin: Famennian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Cheiloceratidae
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Cheiloceras (Staffites) sp.
(Wedekind 1918)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Staffites | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Tornoceratidae
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Epitornoceras peracutum
(Hall 1876)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° South, 125.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.4° South, 117.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Famennian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 372.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Virgin Hills | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ammonoid Stufe II | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | calcareous siltstone |
| Lithology description: "The Virgin HIlls Formation averages approximately 300 meters in thickness in the study area and consists of bright red limestone, calcareous siltstone, shale, and sandstone." Monograph doesn't really give information needed to partition individual collecting localities into different lithologies. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Marginal slope and basin facies of the reef complex. | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Loc./Coll. K184. Author gives specimen counts. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Monograph devoted to ammonoids only. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39108 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-05-20 11:36:49 | Last modified: | 2006-09-27 18:36:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-20 11:36:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10555. | M. S. Petersen. 1975. Upper Devonian (Famennian) ammonoids from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Paleontological Society Memoir 8:1-55 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Clapham] |