Melbourne Formation
The Melbourne Formation is a geologic formation in Victoria, Australia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period.
Description
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.Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:Eurypterids
- ''Pterygotus australis''
Trilobites
- Encrinurus simpliciculus
- Trilobita indet.
Brachiopods
- Aegiria thomasi
- ?Leptostrophia sp.
- ''cf. Phoenicitoechia sp.''
Gastropods
- Bellerophontidae indet.
Bivalves
- Ctenodontella sp.
- ''cf. Ctenodonta spp.''
Scyphozoa
- Conulariidae indet.
Corals
- Cladopora spp.
- ''cf. Alveolites sp.''
Ophiuroidea
- Mausoleaster sugarloafensis
- ''Protaster sp.''
Crinoids
- Dendrocrinus saundersi
- Kooptoonocrinus nutti
- Dimerocrinitidae indet.