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

Trilobites

Encrinurus simpliciculus

Brachiopods

Aegiria thomasi?Leptostrophia sp.
  • ''cf. Phoenicitoechia sp.''

Gastropods

Bivalves

Ctenodontella sp.
  • ''cf. Ctenodonta spp.''

Scyphozoa

  • Conulariidae indet.

Corals

Cladopora spp.
  • ''cf. Alveolites sp.''

Ophiuroidea

Mausoleaster sugarloafensis
  • ''Protaster sp.''

Crinoids

Dendrocrinus saundersiKooptoonocrinus nutti
  • Dimerocrinitidae indet.