Westfield Road Section. 1305 meters.: Hirnantian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis (Ovalella) arndellensis
Laurie 1991
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Tasmania |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° South, 146.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.0° North, 178.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Hirnantian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| Key time interval: | Hirnantian | Graptolite zone: | Glyptograptus persculptus |
| Age range of interval: | 445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Westfield Sandstone | ||
| Local section: | Westfield Road | Local bed: | 1305 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167050 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-06 16:39:11 | Last modified: | 2015-03-06 16:52:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-06 16:39:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54540. | J. R. Laurie. 1991. Articulate brachiopods from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Tasmania. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists Memoir 11:1-106 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |