Also known as Goniatite zone L2, Loc. 364, Frasnian, Canning Basin
Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.0° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.9° S, 126.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Manticoceras cordatum ammonoid zone, Virgin Hills Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Manticoceras sp. regional zone. PJW: Updated to Manticoceras cordatum in Becker & House 2009.
• 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 39060: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Manticoceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite |