Locality 28, McIvor Formation, Heathcote District, Victoria, Australia: Early/Lower Devonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria heathcotiensis
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Leiopteria sp.
Hall 1883
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spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) | ||||||||||
Leiopteria sp. A | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Eoschizodidae
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Eoschizodus ? sp.
Cox 1951
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonellidae indet.
Gray 1848
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non-cuboidal rhychonellids | ||||||||||
Protremata
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Dalmanellacea indet.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria | County: | Heathcote |
Coordinates: | 34.1° South, 151.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.4° South, 175.9° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
*Period: | Early/Lower Devonian | *Local age/stage: | Skalian |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Devonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 419.20000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | McIvor | ||||
Local section: | 28 | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: According to the author, the McIvor Formation lies above the Silurian/Devonian boundary, but the Mt. Ida Formation above the McIvor is of Lower Gedinnian age. The stage name "Skalian" is given as the age of the McIvor. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: sandstone | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 8351 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-07-08 13:24:52 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
535. | J. A. Talent. 1965. The Silurian and Early Devonian Faunas of the Heathcote District, Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 26:1-55 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner] |