The Melbourne Formation is a geologic formation in Victoria, Australia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period.[1][2]
| Melbourne Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ludlow epoch ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Murrindindi Supergroup |
| Underlies | Humevale Formation |
| Overlies | Yan Yean & Anderson Creek Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Other | Shale, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 37°48′S 145°00′E / 37.8°S 145.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 2°06′S 174°54′E / 2.1°S 174.9°E |
| Region | Victoria |
| Country |  Australia |
| Extent | Lachlan Orogen |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Melbourne |
| Named by | Schleiger |
| Year defined | 1974 |
  Melbourne Formation (Australia)  Melbourne Formation (Victoria) | |
Description edit
The Melbourne Formation, part of the Murrindindi Supergroup, is conformably overlain by the Humevale Formation and overlies the Yan Yean and Anderson Creek Formations. The formation comprises mainly thin-bedded siltstone and sandstones. Most beds show undisturbed Bouma sequences.[1]
Fossil content edit
The following fossils were reported from the formation:[2]
Eurypterids edit
Trilobites edit
Brachiopods edit
Gastropods edit
Bivalves edit
Scyphozoa edit
Corals edit
Ophiuroidea edit
Crinoids edit
See also edit
- Tumblagooda Sandstone, Silurian geologic formation in Western Australia
- Yea Flora Fossil Site, Silurian fossil site in Victoria
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Plotnick, R. E. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids, 106–136. in A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian.
- Jell, P. A., and D. J. Holloway. 1983. Devonian and ?Late Silurian Palaeontology of the Winneke Reservoir Site, Christmas Hills, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95. 1–21. .
- Talent, J. A. 1965. The Silurian and Early Devonian Faunas of the Heathcote District, Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria Memoir 26. 1–55. .
Further reading edit
- Schleiger, N.W., 1974, Statistical methods for analysis and mapping of flysch-type sediments., Sedimentology, 21(2), p223-249