Where: Victoria, Australia (37.8° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 174.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Melbourne Formation (Dargile Group), Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)
• "Melbourne Group (Dargile? Formation). Ludlovian?"
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: No associated biota reported.
Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26988: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 11.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Euchelicerata | |
Pterygotidae indet. Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 eurypterid |