Goniatite zone E3, Loc. 367 (Devonian of Australia)

Also known as Goniatite zone E3, Loc. 367 , Frasnian, Canning Basin

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.5° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.3° S, 131.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Manticoceras n. sp. 1 ammonoid zone, Gogo Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• Manticoceras n. sp. regional zone. Manticoceras n. sp. 1 in Becker & House 2009.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

• Basin facies of the reef complex.
• From ref. 10549: "a unit of shale and siltstone with interbedded limestone and horizons of calcareous concretions".

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. T. Becker, M. R. House, and W. T. Kirchgasser. 1993. Devonian goniatite biostratigraphy and timing of facies movements in the Frasnian of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. In E. A. Hailwood, R. B. Kidd (eds.), High Resolution Stratigraphy 70:293-321 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39047: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• For the most part, only goniatites are listed.
Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Acanthoclymeniidae
Acanthoclymenia sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Probeloceras lutheri Clarke 1885 ammonite
Ponticeras aff. discoidale Glenister 1958 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Manticoceras sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite