The Melbourne Formation is a geologic formation in Victoria, Australia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period.Melbourne Formation at the Australian Stratigraphic Units DatabaseMelbourne Formation at Fossilworks.org
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 australisPlotnick, 1999
Trilobites Encrinurus simpliciculusTalent, 1965 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 sugarloafensisJell & Holloway, 1983 Protaster sp.
Crinoids Dendrocrinus saundersi Kooptoonocrinus nutti Dimerocrinitidae indet.
See also Tumblagooda Sandstone, Silurian geologic formation in Western Australia Yea Flora Fossil Site, Silurian fossil site in Victoria
References
Bibliography
Further reading Schleiger, N.W., 1974, Statistical methods for analysis and mapping of flysch-type sediments., Sedimentology, 21(2), p223-249