Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 147.4° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 175.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kilgower Member (Tabberabbera Formation), Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)
• Middle part of member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, calcareous siltstone and calcareous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: "The rich shelly fauna of the Tabberabbera Formation is mostly confined to the Kilgower Sandstone Member."
Primary reference: J. A. Talent. 1963. The Devonian of the Mitchell and Wentworth Rivers. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 24:1-118 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75698: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Receptaculitidae indet. Eichwald 1860 | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnophyllum mitchellense horn coral | |
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Aulopora cf. elleri tabulate coral | |
Favosites moonbiensis tabulate coral | |
Cladopora corrigia Talent 1963 tabulate coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Vetotuba cf. brazieri Etheridge 1890 snail | |
Loxonema cf. australis Chapman 1916 snail | |
Lukesispira cf. pulchra Frýda and Manda 1997 snail | |
"Bucanopsis retifera n. sp." = Retispira retifera
"Bucanopsis retifera n. sp." = Retispira retifera Talent 1963 snail | |
Tropidodiscus "sp. B" Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
Oriostoma cf. barroisi Spitz 1907 snail | |
"Straparollus (Straparollus) serpenteus" = Bassotrochus serpenteus
"Straparollus (Straparollus) serpenteus" = Bassotrochus serpenteus Talent 1963 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Actinopteria "sp. A", Actinopteria resplendens, "Leptodesma eifelense n. sp." = Leptodesma wupperanum eifelense
Actinopteria "sp. A" Hall 1884 oyster
Actinopteria resplendens Talent 1963 oyster
"Leptodesma eifelense n. sp." = Leptodesma wupperanum eifelense Dahmer 1943 oyster | |
cf. Modiomorpha indet. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Cypricardinia securigera n. sp.
Cypricardinia securigera n. sp. Talent 1963 clam | |
? Cypricardella "sp. A" Hall 1856 clam | |
Nargunella nitida n. gen. n. sp.
Nargunella nitida n. gen. n. sp. Talent 1963 clam | |
Ctenodonta placita n. sp., Ctenodonta fraterculus n. sp.
Ctenodonta placita n. sp. Talent 1963 clam
Ctenodonta fraterculus n. sp. Talent 1963 clam | |
Nuculana aff. securiformis pointed nut clam | |
? Palaeoneilo sp., Palaeoneilo lutosa n. sp.
? Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Palaeoneilo lutosa n. sp. Talent 1963 clam | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites exaltatus n. sp.
Tentaculites exaltatus n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Strophomenata | |
? Chonetes baragwanathi Gill 1949 | |
Leptostrophia affinalata Gill 1949 | |
Nadiastrophia superba n. gen. n. sp.
Nadiastrophia superba n. gen. n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Septalaria longisepta Talent 1963 | |
Isorthis alpha Gill 1949 | |
"Cyrtina gregale" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta gregale
"Cyrtina gregale" = Cyrtina (Cyrtina) heteroclyta gregale Talent 1963 | |
? Eospiriferina adunca n. sp.
? Eospiriferina adunca n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Howellella textilis Talent 1963 | |
Craniata | |
Philhedra acutilirata n. sp.
Philhedra acutilirata n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula percorrugata n. sp.
Lingula percorrugata n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bascomella panis n. sp.
Bascomella panis n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella dargoensis n. sp.
Fenestella dargoensis n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Monotrypa "n. sp. A" Nicholson 1879 | |
Hederella (Hederella) dichotoma n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Polychaeta | |
Plumulites australis n. sp.
Plumulites australis n. sp. Talent 1963 scale worm | |
Spirorbis "sp. B" Daudin 1800 |