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 75695: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Receptaculitidae indet. Eichwald 1860 | |
Gastropoda | |
Loxonema cf. australis Chapman 1916 snail | |
Tropidodiscus "sp. A" Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
"Straparollus (Straparollus) serpenteus" = Bassotrochus serpenteus
"Straparollus (Straparollus) serpenteus" = Bassotrochus serpenteus Talent 1963 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ctenodonta placita Talent 1963 clam | |
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop | |
Ptychopteria vespertilio n. sp.
Ptychopteria vespertilio n. sp. Talent 1963 oyster | |
Cypricardinia securigera Talent 1963 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea "gen and sp. indet. A" Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella dargoensis Talent 1963 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Septalaria longisepta Talent 1963 | |
Howellella textilis Talent 1963 | |
Atrypa cf. reticularis Linnaeus 1758 | |
Strophomenata | |
Nadiastrophia superba Talent 1963 | |
Leptostrophia affinalata Gill 1949 | |
? Chonetes baragwanathi Gill 1949 | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites exaltatus n. sp.
Tentaculites exaltatus n. sp. Talent 1963 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hyalostelia sp. glass sponge |