Lloyd Hill (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Western Australia, Australia (18.3° S, 126.5° E: paleocoordinates 17.9° S, 132.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gogo Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• The geology of the Gogo Formation has been extensively documented: Teichart, 1949; Playford and Lowry, 1966; Druce, 1975; Towner and Gibson, 1983).

Environment/lithology: intrashelf or intraplatform reef; lime mudstone and shale

• The geology of the Gogo Formation has been extensively documented: Teichart, 1949; Playford and Lowry, 1966; Druce, 1975; Towner and Gibson, 1983).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Museum Victoria

Primary reference: B. Choo. 2015. A new species of the Devonian actinopterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e952817 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197263: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Struan Henderson on 29.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
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Moythomasia durgaringa
Moythomasia durgaringa Gardiner and Bartram 1977
MV P.221789