Locality 24, McIvor Formation, Heathcote District, Victoria, Australia (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (34.1° S, 151.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 175.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McIvor Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• According to the author, the McIvor Formation lies above the Silurian/Devonian boundary, but the Mt. Ida Formation above the McIvor is of Lower Gedinnian age. The stage name "Skalian" is given as the age of the McIvor.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• sandstone

Primary reference: J. A. Talent. 1965. The Silurian and Early Devonian Faunas of the Heathcote District, Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 26:1-55 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8374: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 10.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria ? sp. Hall 1884 oyster
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Glossites ? sp. Hall 1885 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Temnodiscus ? sp. Koken 1896 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Bucanella ? sp. Meek 1871 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia ? sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
non-cuboidal rhychonellids