Goniatite zone F1, Loc. 367 , Frasnian, Canning Basin (Devonian of Australia)

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: Gogo Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• Prochorites alveolatus regional zone, starting at about 12.2-15.8 m above base of section 367.

• 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 39048: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

• For the most part, only goniatites are listed.
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Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Acanthoclymeniidae
Ponticeras aff. discoidale, Gogoceras "n. sp. B" n. gen., Probeloceras aff. lutheri, Acanthoclymenia sp. n. sp., Acanthoclymenia neapolitana, Prochorites alveolatus
Ponticeras aff. discoidale Glenister 1958 ammonite
Gogoceras "n. sp. B" n. gen. Becker et al. 1993 ammonite
Probeloceras aff. lutheri Clarke 1885 ammonite
Acanthoclymenia sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Acanthoclymenia neapolitana Clarke 1892 ammonite
Prochorites alveolatus Glenister 1958 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Manticoceras sp. n. sp.
Manticoceras sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Aulatornoceras "n. sp. A"
Aulatornoceras "n. sp. A" Schindewolf 1922 ammonite