Virgin Hills Formation Corals, Loc. K305, 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
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Hills Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; grainstone and sandstone
• REf. 10549: interpreted as marginal slope and basin facies of reef complex
• Ref. 10549: "The Virgin Hills Formation is typically red and consists of calcarenite, calcirudite and megabreccia with interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate; clastic sediments become more common in the basin facies."
Primary reference: D. Hill and J. S. Jell. 1970. Devonian corals from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 121:1-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39288: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 25.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• corals only
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Anthozoa | |
|
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
|
Disphyllidae indet. Hill 1939 horn coral | |