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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Actinopteria ? sp. Hall 1884 oyster | |
Glossites ? sp. Hall 1885 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Temnodiscus ? sp. Koken 1896 snail | |
Bucanella ? sp. Meek 1871 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptostrophia ? sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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