Goniatite zone G2, Loc. 364, Frasnian, Canning Basin (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.0° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 127.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Virgin Hills Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• Mesobeloceras thomasi regional zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; red limestone and red sandstone

• Marginal slope and basin facies of the reef complex.
• From ref. 10549: "The V.H. Fm. is typically red and consits of calcarenite, calcirudite, and megabreccia with interbedded sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate; clastic sediments become more common in the basin facies."

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 39054: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

• In general, only goniatites are mentioned by name.
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Cephalopoda
 Agoniatitida - Beloceratidae
Mesobeloceras thomasi
Mesobeloceras thomasi Glenister 1958 ammonite