Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Lower Quarry, Marble Creek (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as 1/4 mile east of Thomson River, 8 miles west of Cowwarr

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.1° S, 146.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 175.7° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toongabble Limestone Formation, Siegen (412.3 - 409.1 Ma)

• U. Siegenian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56699: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.11.2005, edited by Briony Mamo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Thylacocrinus ignotus n. sp.
Thylacocrinus ignotus n. sp. Philip 1961 Sea lily
Belonging to Thylacocrinus questioned
 Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites inchoatus n. sp.
Eucalyptocrinites inchoatus n. sp. Philip 1961 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae
Hexacrinites sp.
Hexacrinites sp. Austin and Austin 1843 Sea lily
Belonging to Hexacrinites questioned
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Rhombopteriidae
Rhombopteria anfractaviara n. sp.
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea concentrilamellata n. sp.
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Anaspyroceras cultellus n. sp.
Gastropoda
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras trirotundolobatum n. sp." = Orthonychia trirotundolobatum, Orthonychia marblecreekensis n. sp., Orthonychia pentalvea n. sp.
"Platyceras trirotundolobatum n. sp." = Orthonychia trirotundolobatum Talent and Philip 1956 snail
Orthonychia marblecreekensis n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956 snail
Orthonychia pentalvea n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Tremanotus cyclocostatus n. sp.
Tremanotus cyclocostatus n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Ostlerina delicata" = Platyostoma delicata, Platyostoma triangularis n. sp., Platyceras decorum n. sp., "Cowwarrella cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Visitator cylindricum
"Ostlerina delicata" = Platyostoma delicata Talent and Philip 1956 snail
Platyostoma triangularis n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956 snail
Platyceras decorum n. sp. Talent and Philip 1956 snail
"Cowwarrella cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Visitator cylindricum Talent and Philip 1956 snail