Martins Well Lst, Broken River Province, N Queensland: Lochkovian - Pragian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Wyatt and Jell 1967
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Wyatt and Jell 1967
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Wyatt and Jell 1967
Conodontophorida
Conodontophorida indet. Eichenberg 1930
Wyatt and Jell 1967
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Wyatt and Jell 1967
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Hattonia sp. Jones 1927
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolitidae indet. Lindström 1876
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma sp. Lonsdale 1845
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphylloides sp. (Chapman 1893)
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae
Rhizophyllum sp. Lindström 1866
Calceola sp. Lamarck 1799
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Carlinastraea sp. Merriam 1976
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Dohmophyllum sp. Wedekind 1923
Xystriphyllum sp. Hill 1939
Lyrielasma sp. Hill 1939
Embolophyllum sp. Pedder 1967
Acanthophyllum sp. Dybowski 1873
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
Pseudamplexus sp. Weissermel 1897
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae
Radiophyllum sp. Hill 1942
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
Tipheophyllum sp. Hill 1956
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Gurievskiella sp. Zheltonogova 1961
Martinophyllum sp. Jell and Pedder 1969
Radiastraea sp. Stumm 1937
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Sinospongophyllum sp. Yoh 1937
synonym of Tabulophyllum
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Wyatt and Jell 1967
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Queensland
Coordinates: 19.5° South, 145.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.5° North, 163.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
Key time interval:Lochkovian - Pragian
Age range of interval:419.20000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Graveyard Creek Member:Martins Well Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Ref. 10847: "Greywackes, pebbly conglomerates, sandy siltstones, and mudstones with occasional small limestone lenses interbeded and a basal greywacke conglomerate"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Ref. 10847 interprets as deep-water, unstable shelf, shallowing toward top.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:For the most part, only the corals are considered in any detail.
Metadata
Database number:40014
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-14 12:08:11 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-14 12:08:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10816. J. S. Jell, A. Simpson, R. Mawson and J. A. Talent. 1993. Biostratigraphic summary. in I. W. Withnall and S. C. Lang, eds. Geology of the Broken River Province, north Queensland [Queensland Geology vol. 4; Department of Minerals and Energy] 239-245 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]

Secondary references:

10847 D. H. Wyatt and J. S. Jell. 1967. Devonian of the Townsville Hinterland, Queensland, Australia. In D. H. Oswald, ed. International Symposium on the Devonian System. Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary 99-105 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]