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Buchan - Taravale Mudstone, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

Group	Buchan
Formation	Taravale Mudstone
Age:	411 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Interval	Pragian - Emsian
Lithology	siltstone/"limestone"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	20

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Buchan Caves Limestone at Buchan	Buchan, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Buchan - Taravale Mudstone
Buchan Caves Limestone at Bindi	Swifts Creek, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia	Buchan - Taravale Mudstone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Buchan - Buchan Caves Limestone	409 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	grainstone/dolomite, grainstone/sandstone	48
Buchan - Taravale Marlstone	408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	limestone/mudstone	6

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Buchanathyris westoni species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Buchanathyris : *Buchanathyris westoni*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Aulacella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : *Aulacella*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Spinella buchanensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Adolfiidae : Spinella : *Spinella buchanensis*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Howittia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Echinospiriferidae : *Howittia*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Chonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : *Chonetes*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Protochonetes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : *Protochonetes*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Malurostrophia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Douvillinidae : *Malurostrophia*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Polygnathus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Polygnathidae : *Polygnathus*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Calceola sandalina species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cystiphyllida : Goniophyllidae : Calceola : *Calceola sandalina*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Favosites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Favosites*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Thamnopora sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Thamnopora*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Fasciphyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Fasciphyllidae : *Fasciphyllum*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Taralasma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Laccophyllidae : *Taralasma*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Metriophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Axophyllidae : *Metriophyllum*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Haptophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Petraiidae : *Haptophyllum*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Acanthophyllum sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Ptenophyllidae : *Acanthophyllum*	410.8 - 393.3 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

References

VandenBerg A. H. M., Garratt M. J., et al (1976) Silurian-Middle Devonian, in J. G. Douglas and J. A. Ferguson, eds. Geology of Victoria. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication Number 5, Melbourne, 45-76

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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