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Gydo Formation , Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-33.7667,20.9167
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Gydo Formation (1st Shale), Warmwaterberg	Oosthuizen R. D. F. (1984)	Bokkeveld - Gydo	Age call from ref. 9618	mudstone	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Tentaculites sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Tentaculitidae : *Tentaculites*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Bainella sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Bainella*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Metacryphaeus sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Metacryphaeus*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pennaia sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : *Pennaia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Burmeisteria sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Homalonotidae : *Burmeisteria*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Australocoelia sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Leptocoeliidae : *Australocoelia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ambocoelia sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : *Ambocoelia*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Australospirifer sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Hysterolitidae : *Australospirifer*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Derbyina sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Meganterididae : *Derbyina*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Mutationella sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Mutationellidae : *Mutationella*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eodevonaria sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Eodevonariidae : *Eodevonaria*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Strophomena (Strophodonta) sp. subgenus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophodontidae : *Strophomena (Strophodonta)*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pleurodictyum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Micheliniidae : *Pleurodictyum*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Goniophora sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : *Goniophora*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Sphenotomorpha sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Modiomorphida : Modiomorphidae : *Sphenotomorpha*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nuculites sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Nuculites*	407.6 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

References

Oosthuizen R. D. F. (1984) Preliminary catalogue and report on the biostratigraphy and palaeogeographic distribution of the Bokkeveld fauna, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 87, 125-140

Jell P. A., Theron J. N. (1999) Early Devonian echinoderms from South Africa, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43 1, 115-199

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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