Locality 4, McIvor Formation, Heathcote District, Victoria, Australia: Early/Lower Devonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes ? sp.
d'Eichwald 1840
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Leptostrophia ? sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Phoenicitoechiidae
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cf. Phoenicitoechia sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonellidae indet.
Gray 1848
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| non-cuboidal rhynchonellids indet. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Lamellibranchiata indet.
Blainville
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| synonym of Bivalvia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria ? sp.
Hall 1884
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
- Modiomorphidae
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Glossites ? sp.
Hall 1885
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Eoschizodidae
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Eoschizodus ? sp.
Cox 1951
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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 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1-2 | ||
| *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: | 4 | ||||
| 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: | 8359 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-08 14:25:49 | 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] |