Devonian slab, Heathcote district, Victoria, Australia: Early/Lower Devonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Stegerhyncus sp.
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| columnals | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Gnathostomata indet.
Gegenbauer 1874
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| acanthodian spine? | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Stropheodonta sp.
Hall 1852
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| corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta) | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Amphistrophiidae
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Maoristrophia sp.
Allan 1947
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella sp.
Kozlowski 1946
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Macropleura sp.
Boucot 1963
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziellidae
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Molongia sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina sp.
Davidson 1858
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
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Rhynchonellida indet.
Kuhn 1949
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria sp.
Hall 1884
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Coniproetus sp.
(Alberti 1966)
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora sp.
Steininger 1831
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Aulopora sp.
Goldfuss 1829
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria | County: | Redcastle |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° South, 144.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.4° South, 173.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Devonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 419.20000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mount Ida |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown lithified silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: fine grained silty sandstone; brown-orange | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: list of fossils identified on small (180 sq. com) slab; published in amateur collector's journal | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8026 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-14 09:18:17 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 533. | J. V. Neil. 1981. A Slab of Devonian Fossils From Heathcote and a Little Palaeoecology. Victorian Naturalist 98:204-209 [A. Miller/K. Layou] |