Sadler Limestone Stromatoporoids, Canning Basin (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.0° S, 125.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 126.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Sadler Limestone Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and siltstone

• Interpreted as marginal slope facies of reef complex.
• Ref. 10549: "Sadler Limestone consists of calcarenite, calcirudite, megabreccia and siltstone..."

Collection methods: See PBDB coll. 25263 for related (partially overlapping) material.

Primary reference: A. E. Cockbain. 1984. Stromatoporoids from the Devonian reef complexes, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 129:1-108 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39237: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 24.05.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only stromatoporoids reported
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes crassa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes costatula stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon cf. stelliferum Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma ponderosum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma papillosum stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma windjanicum stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora pervesisulcata stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora rudis stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cooperi stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Dendrostroma oculatum stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella laminata stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma ambiguum stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma bassleri stromatoporoid sponge