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)
• Playfordites tripartitus regional zone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; red limestone and red sandstone
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 39056: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Playfordites tripartitus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 ammonite |