Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.5° S, 126.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 127.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Hills Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Maternoceras retorquatum regional zone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; red limestone and red sandstone
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 39065: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Maternoceras retorquatum, Trimanticoceras aff. cinctum, "Manticoceras" tuberculatum, Manticoceras spp., Manticoceras rugosum, Sphaeromanticoceras bullatum
Maternoceras retorquatum Glenister 1958 ammonite
Trimanticoceras aff. cinctum Glenister 1958 ammonite
"Manticoceras" tuberculatum ammonite
Manticoceras spp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Manticoceras rugosum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851 ammonite
Sphaeromanticoceras bullatum Wedekind 1913 ammonite | |
Beloceras tenuistriatum d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 ammonite | |
Linguatornoceras clausum Glenister 1958 ammonite |