Possible Barrandina-Atrypoidea-Spirinella Comm., Cowombat Fm. (Silurian of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (36.0° S, 147.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 175.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cowombat Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Age from PBDB ref. 7154.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments and limestone

• See PBDB collection 25639 for general discussion of this community.
• From PBDB ref. 7154: Formation consists of siliciclastics with fossils in limestone lenses.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Some elements mentioned in primary reference (ref. 7152, p. 183), but most are from Talent et al. 1975, p. 50 (PBDB ref. 7154).

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 25641: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
 Cystiphyllida - Fletcheriidae
 Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora conferta tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites allani tabulate coral
Favosites walkomi tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata, "Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata
"Spathognathodus inclinatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Neoprioniodus excavatus" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
[entered as Neoprionodus excavatus]
 Ozarkodinida -
Plectospathodus extensus Rhodes 1953 conodont
Spathognathodus primus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
"Hindeodella priscilla" = Ozarkodina conodont
Hindeodella equidentata Rhodes 1953 conodont
Ozarkodina media Walliser 1957 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. n. sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paltodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont