Loc. 35. Mitchell River National Park: Pragian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes (Pharetrella) pyramidalis n. sp. Talent 1963
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Philhedra acutilirata n. sp. Talent 1963
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Hipparionyx major Gill 1949
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia bellarugosa n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella textilis n. sp. Talent 1963
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Adolfia glypta n. sp. Talent 1963
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa cf. reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Phragmophora punctata n. sp. Talent 1963
Isorthis alpha (Gill 1949)
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites informal sp. B von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Fenestella dargoensis Talent 1963
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma sp. Munier-Chalmas 1876
2 specimens
    = Beraunia cf. docens Perner 1903
Wagner 2023
informal Turbiniform gastropod informal indet. B
    = Australonema cf. australis Etheridge 1890
Wagner 2023
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria resplendens n. sp. Talent 1963
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia crenistria
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Cornuproetus informal n. sp.
1 specimen
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphyllum simplex
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites indet. Lamarck 1816
cf. Favosites gothlandica Lamark sensu Chapman 1914
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Clionolithes ? sollei
unclassified
Allonema nodosum Talent 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.8° South, 147.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.0° South, 175.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
Key time interval:Pragian Conodont zone: Eocostapolygnathus pireneae
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wentworth Formation:Tabberabbera Member:Kilgower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Pragian call based on possibility (attributed to Strusz et al.) that the shelly fauna listed here is intermediate in age between Yeringian Cave Hill Formation and Buchanian Buchan Group.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: arenaceous sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: "The rich shelly fauna of the Tabberabbera Formation is mostly confined to the Kilgower Sandstone Member."
Metadata
Database number:75691
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-24 11:46:01 Last modified:2018-11-18 12:13:27
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-24 11:46:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16373. J. A. Talent. 1963. The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24:1-118 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]