PBDB Collection

Assemblage D, Rockhampton Group, east-central Queensland (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (23.0° S, 150.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° S, 146.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rockhampton Group, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Age calls based on corals, brachiopods, conodonts. Zones are brachiopod zones of Roberts (1975). A: Spirifer sol to Schellwienella burlingtonensis; B: Orthotetes australis to Delepinia aspinosa; C: D. aspinosa to Rhipidomella fortimuscula; D: Marginirugus barringtonensis. A is late Tournaisian; B-D are early to late Visean.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal grainstone

• Overall carbonate sequence is shallow water, representing W-E transect with following biofacies: 1. forebank slope; 2. biohermal ooid bank 3. ooid bank/shallow water mobile sands; 4. biostromal open shallow shelf; 5. shallow water mobile sands (open shelf); 6. offshore silt (open shelf); 7. nearshore mobile sands. Assemblage A includes biofacies 3&4; B has 1-3; C has 2-4; D has 2,3,5-7.

• Most limestones are oolitic grainstones. These are within some 2000m of marine siltstone and sandstone. Some of these are allochthonous, but the discussion of geologic context makes it clear that the limestones largely represent intervals of carbonate deposition within the longer siliciclastic sequence.

Primary reference: G. E. Webb. 1990. Lower Carboniferous coral fauna of the Rockhampton Group, east-central Queensland. In J.A. Jell (ed.), Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 10:1-167 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40010: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 14.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Paper is on corals. Other elements sometimes mentioned in passing.

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unclassified
-	Amplexocarina "sp. A" Amplexocarina "sp. A"
Anthozoa
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Michelinia crassaspina n. sp., Michelinia cf. varia Michelinia crassaspina n. sp. tabulate coral Michelinia cf. varia tabulate coral
Favositida - Palaeacidae	Palaeacis grandis n. sp., Palaeacis robusta n. sp., Palaeacis serrata n. sp. Palaeacis grandis n. sp. tabulate coral Palaeacis robusta n. sp. tabulate coral Palaeacis serrata n. sp. tabulate coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Acaciapora jelli n. sp. Acaciapora jelli n. sp. tabulate coral
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus cf. tenuicollis Cladochonus cf. tenuicollis M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Rugosa -	Dinostrophinx hadros n. gen. n. sp. Dinostrophinx hadros n. gen. n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Amygdalophyllum "sp. B" Amygdalophyllum "sp. B" Dun and Benson 1920 horn coral
Stauriida - Aphrophyllidae	Aphrophyllum edgari n. sp., Aphrophyllum cf. edgari Aphrophyllum edgari n. sp. horn coral Aphrophyllum cf. edgari horn coral
Stauriida - Laccophyllidae	? Kabakovitchiella hardingae n. sp. ? Kabakovitchiella hardingae n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia sp. Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	Hapsiphyllidae indet. Hapsiphyllidae indet. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	"Orionastraea" parvicolumnare "Orionastraea" parvicolumnare horn coral
Stauriida - Polycoeliidae	Calophyllum sp. Calophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
Rugosa -	Stereodepasophyllum amplexum n. sp. Stereodepasophyllum amplexum n. sp. horn coral