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
Actinopteria heathcotiensis
Leiopteria sp. Hall 1883
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Leiopteria sp. A
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
Eoschizodus ? sp. Cox 1951
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
non-cuboidal rhychonellids
Protremata
Dalmanellacea indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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]