Sadler Limestone Corals, Loc. G3227, Canning Basin: Frasnian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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Argutastrea hullensis
(Hill 1954)
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° South, 125.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.0° South, 126.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Frasnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Frasnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sadler Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: Ref. 10549: "Sadler Limestone consists of calcarenite, calcirudite, megabreccia and siltstone..." | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Interpreted as marginal slope facies of reef complex.
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Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: See PBDB coll. 25263 for related (partially overlapping) material. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:corals only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39256 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-05-25 10:58:40 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-25 10:58:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10602. | D. Hill and J. S. Jell. 1970. Devonian corals from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 121:1-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |