Upper Member, Benjamin Limestone, Florentine Synclinorium: Eastonian - Onnian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eokosovopeltis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1972
Eobronteus sp. Reed 1928
    = Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus Edgecombe et al. 2007
Edgecombe et al. 2007
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina cf. sulcatifrons
    = Pliomerina trisulcata Edgecombe et al. 1999
Edgecombe et al. 1999
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora informal sp. 1
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Stictopora sp. 1"
Stictopora informal sp. 2
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Stictopora sp. 2"
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae
Beloitoceras sp. Foerste 1924
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites sp. Twenhofel 1914
originally entered as "Palaeofavosites sp."
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
? Acidolites sp. Lang et al. 1940
originally entered as "Acidloites? sp."
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae
? Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
originally entered as "Propora? sp."
Diploepora sp. Quenstedt 1879
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Plasmoporellidae
Plasmoporella sp. Kiaer 1899
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Falsicatenipora sp. Hamada 1958
Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia sp. Billings 1865
Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
Foerstephyllum sp. Bassler 1950
Billingsaria sp. Okulitch 1936
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962
Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lichenariidae
Lichenaria sp. Winchell and Schuchert 1895
Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria informal sp. 1
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Eofletcheria sp. 1"
Eofletcheria informal sp. 2
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Eofletcheria sp. 2"
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971
originally entered as "Hillophylum sp."
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum informal sp. 1
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Palaeophyllum sp. 1"
Palaeophyllum informal sp. 2
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Palaeophyllum sp. 2"
Favistina sp. Flower 1961
Cyathophylloides sp. Dybowski 1873
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon informal sp. 1
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Clathyrodictyon sp. 1"
Clathrodictyon informal sp. 2
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Clathyrodictyon sp. 2"
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964
Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Aulacera sp. Plummer 1843
originally entered as "Aulocera sp."
unclassified
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:Tasmania
Coordinates: 42.0° South, 146.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° North, 178.9° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Katian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Caradoc
*International age/stage:Actonian - Onnian *Local age/stage:Eastonian
Key time interval: Eastonian - Onnian Graptolite zone:  Diplacanthograptus lanceolatus - Dicranograptus kirki
Age range of interval: 452 - 449.6 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gordon Formation:Benjamin Limestone Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Gordon Subgroup
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pyritic calcareous dolomite
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Variably dolomitized and stylotized, impure, brown-black limolitic limestone, micrites, and calcarenites; unit reflects a composite of several variable horizons
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:2686
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-14 12:07:24 Last modified:2018-08-04 00:17:47
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-14 12:07:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

80. K. D. Corbett and M. R. Banks. 1974. Ordovician stratigraphy of the Florentine Synclinorium, southwest Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 107:207-238 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]

Secondary references:

47544 G. D. Edgecombe, M. R. Banks, and D. M. Banks. 1999. Upper Ordovician Phacopida (Trilobita) from Tasmania. Alcheringa 23(4):235-257 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
49975 G. D. Edgecombe, M. R. Banks, and D. M. Banks. 2007. Late Ordovician trilobites from Tasmania: Styginidae, Asaphidae and Lichidae. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 30:59-77 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]