Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Lower Quarry, Marble Creek: Siegen, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Thylacocrinus ignotus n. sp. Philip 1961
Philip 1961
Belonging to Thylacocrinus questioned
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae
Hexacrinites sp. Austin and Austin 1843
Philip 1961
Belonging to Hexacrinites questioned
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites inchoatus n. sp. Philip 1961
Philip 1961
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras trirotundolobatum n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
recombined as Orthonychia trirotundolobatum
Orthonychia pentalvea n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
Orthonychia marblecreekensis n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus cyclocostatus n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras decorum n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
Cowwarrella cylindrica n. gen., n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
recombined as Visitator cylindricum
Platyostoma triangularis n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956
Ostlerina delicata Talent and Philip 1956
recombined as Platyostoma delicata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria anfractaviara n. sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea concentrilamellata n. sp.
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Anaspyroceras cultellus n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 38.1° South, 146.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.2° South, 175.7° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Pragian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
Key time interval:Siegen
Age range of interval:410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Toongabble Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: U. Siegenian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:1/4 mile east of Thomson River, 8 miles west of Cowwarr
Database number:56699
Authorizer:P. Wagner, J. Alroy Enterer:P. Wagner, B. Mamo
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-22 11:44:57 Last modified:2005-11-22 13:44:57
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-22 11:44:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15281. J. A. Talent and G.M. Philip. 1956. Siluro-Devonian Mollusca from Marble Creek, Thomson River, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 68(1):57-71 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

21984 G. M. Philip. 1961. Lower Devonian crinoids from Toongabbi, Victoria, Australia. Geological Magazine 98:143-160 [G. Webster/G. Webster]