Vertebrate fossil assemblage 9: Tournaisian, Australia
collected by Tom Darragh; unnamed others 1990; /
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Barameda mitchelli n. sp.
Holland et al. 2007
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Barameda decipiens
Woodward 1906
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Victoria | County: | Mansfield |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° South, 146.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° South, 141.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mansfield | Formation: | Snowy Plains | Member: | Home Station |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: High-energy river channel (Garvey, 2005) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Collection size: | 9 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Tom Darragh; unnamed others | Collection dates: | 1990; n/a |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museum Victoria, Melbourne (NMV) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 136241 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. McMullen |
| Modifier: | S. McMullen | Research group: | freshwater,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-24 05:33:25 | Last modified: | 2012-11-23 12:36:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-24 05:33:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43587. | T. Holland, A. Warren, Z. Johanson, J. Long, K. Parker and J. Garvey. 2007. A new species of Barameda (Rhizodontida) and heterochrony in the rhizodontid pectoral fin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):295-315 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Uhen] |