Mephiarges fossil assemblage: Couvinien, Australia
collected by Edgell 1951

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Aechmina sp. Jones and Holl 1869
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Primitiopsidae
Primitiopsis sp.
Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Primitiidae
Primitia yassensis
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinellidae
Hollinella sp. Coryell 1928
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Kloedenia sp. Jones and Holl 1886
Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Thlipsuridae
Thlipsurella sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
? Trimerocephalus sp. M'Coy 1849
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
informal Proetidae indet. Salter 1864
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida n. sp. Edgell 1955
recombined as Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Euomphalus cf. bigsbyi de Koninck 1876
recombined as Taemasotrochus bigsbyi
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Niso darwini de Koninck 1876
recombined as Michelia darwini
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema cf. anglicum (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Australoxa anglica
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Scoliostomatidae
Mitchellia striatula de Koninck 1876
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" yassensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes culleni
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites expansus
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora auloporoides
Syringopora speleana
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Xystriphyllum mitchelli
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
Pseudamplexus aff. princeps
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Campophyllidae
"Campophyllum" recessum
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New South Wales
Coordinates: 35.1° South, 148.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.0° South, 169.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1-3
Key time interval:Couvinien
Age range of interval:408.20000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wee Jasper
Stratigraphy comments: 925 feet above the base of the Wee Jasper Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Edgell Collection dates:1951
Collection method comments: Specimens deposited in Stanford University Paleo Type Collections (8305)
Metadata
Database number:188209
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-08-24 17:03:37 Last modified:2017-08-24 17:03:37
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-24 17:03:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63127. H. S. Edgell. 1955. A Middle Devonian lichid trilobite from south-eastern Australia. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 29(3/4):136-145 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]