Locality 3 and 3A, Mount Ida Formation, Dargile District, Victoria, Australia: Pragian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Eoschizodidae
Eoschizodus ? sp. Cox 1951
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Anulipecten ? sp. Ruzicka et al. 1959
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria cf. heathcotiensis
Leiopteria ? sp. Hall 1883
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Bivalvia
Lamellibranchiata indet. Blainville
synonym of Bivalvia
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameridae indet. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
non-cuboidal rhynchonellids
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spiriferidae indet. King 1846
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia ? sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Notoleptaena sp. Gill 1951
Notoleptaena linguifera Gill 1951
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet. Caster 1939
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertellidae indet. Williams 1953
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Trimerus sp. Green 1832
Protremata
Dalmanellacea indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria County:Dargile
Coordinates: 37.0° South, 144.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.9° South, 173.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*Epoch:Lower Devonian
*International age/stage:Siegenian - Late/Upper Gedinnian
Key time interval:Pragian
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mount Ida Member:Unit 3
Local section:3 and 3A Local bed:Pleurodictyum beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Lithology description: leached coarse sandstone, at times conglomeratic
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:8498
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-14 14:22:51 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]