Dargile Formation, Winneke Reservoir Site: Gorstian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae
Urosoma glabridiscus
Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae
Mausoleaster sugarloafensis n. gen., n. sp.
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae
Dendrocrinus saundersi n. sp.
Crinoidea
Kooptoonocrinus nutti n. gen., n. sp.
Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae
Dimerocrinitidae indet. von Zittel 1879
gen. et sp. nov.
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Victoria
Coordinates: 37.5° South, 145.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.7° South, 120.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow
Stage: Gorstian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Gorstian
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 425.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dargile Formation:Melbourne
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Dargile has been divided into two formations, one of which (Melbourne) has numerous echinoderm bearing-beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: PBDB ref. 7154: "Sandy and shaly flysch"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25711
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-23 13:46:16 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-23 13:46:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
7181. P. A. Jell and D. J. Holloway. 1983. Devonian and ?Late Silurian Palaeontology of the Winneke Reservoir Site, Christmas Hills, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95(1):1-21 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]