Locality 9, Mount Ida Formation, Redcastle District, Victoria, Australia: Pragian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860
Bivalvia
Lamellibranchiata indet. Blainville
synonym of Bivalvia
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameridae indet. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
cf. Straelenia sp.
nomen dubium belonging to Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
non-cuboidal rhynchonellids
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer corvus n. sp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Isorthis sp. A
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia ? sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Stropheodonta limbimura n. sp.
corrected as Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella sp.
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella ? sp. Lonsdale 1839
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. n. sp. Zenker 1833
Otarion? n. sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops cf. serratus
Anthozoa - Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum megastoma
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites ? sp. Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria County:Redcastle
Coordinates: 36.8° South, 144.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.4° South, 173.5° 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:9 Local bed:Pleurodictyum beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Lithology description: coarse, leached 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:8502
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-16 10:24:38 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]