Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 145.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 174.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cave Hill Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: This community is said to range from Late Lochkovian (Upper Humevale Formation) to Givetian (Paplio Mudstone, Broken River Gruop, N. Queensland). This elements listed here commonly occcur together, and are said to occur in the Cave Hill Formation.
Primary reference: D. L. Strusz and M. J. Garratt. 1999. Australian communities. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 177-199 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25676: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita | |
Bivalvia | |
? Panenka sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 |