Canning Basin Reef: Frasnian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Stromatolites indet.
Frutexites sp. Maslov 1960
Ludloviaceae
Paraepiphyton caritus Wray 1967
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes regularis
? Solenopora geikiei
could be Pseudosolenopora
Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora rudis
Amphipora pervesiculata
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma schlueteri
Hermatostroma roemeri
Hermatostroma ambiguum
Hermatostroma perseptatum
Trupetostroma bassleri
Trupetostroma mclearni
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella laminata
Clathrocoilona spissa (Lecompte 1951)
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma ponderosum
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes australe
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma papillosum
Actinostroma windjanicum
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cooperi
Stromatopora minutitextum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
? Haplothecia laciniosa Hill and Jell 1970
recombined as Kuangxiastraea laciniosa
Phacellophyllum sp. Gürich 1909
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939
Peneckiella teicherti Hill 1954
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria playfordi
Argutastrea hullensis (Hill 1954)
Disphyllum curtum
Disphyllum aff. curtum
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861
2 species
Disphyllum virgatum (Hinde 1890)
Disphyllum caespitosum (Goldfuss 1826)
Temnophyllum incomptum Hill and Jell 1970
recombined as Disphyllum incomptum
Disphyllum intertextum Hill 1954
Temnophyllum floriforme Hill 1954
recombined as Hillastraea floriformis
Donia brevilamellata (Hill 1936)
recombined as Careophyllum brevilamellatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon dickinsi
Catactotoechus irregularis
Catactotoechus obliquus
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
Metriophyllum trochoides
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrentis iocosa
synonym of Zaphrenthis
Anthozoa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum menyouense Hill and Jell 1970
Temnophyllum turbinatum Hill 1954
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora angusta
Thamnopora bolonensis
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites tumidus
Alveolites cf. intermixtus
Alveolites cf. multiperforatus
Alveolites cf. caudatus
Alveolites cf. saleei Lecompte 1933
Alveolites suborbicularis Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora cf. liniformis
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
unclassified
? Sphaerocodium magnum
Sphaerocodium exile
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella wetheredi
Chabakoviacea
Renalcis devonicus
Renalcis turbitus
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Western Australia
Coordinates: 17.5° South, 125.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.7° South, 125.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 4
*Period:Late/Upper Devonian
Key time interval:Frasnian
Age range of interval:382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pillara
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Some data also from Sadler Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Summary of all reef builders from a variety of sources
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1574 and others
Database number:25263
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-05 09:20:48 Last modified:2017-05-07 15:18:53
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-05 09:20:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7082. J. A. Fagerstrom. 1994. The history of Devonian-Carboniferous reef communities: extinctions, effects, recovery. Facies 30:177-191 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]