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Kelly’s Pass Event

Algae Creek Event

Elliott Ridge Event

Cadjebut Formation

Fairfield Group

Prices Creek Group

Pillara LimestoneSequence 1

Gogo Formation

Sequence 3

Sequence 6Nullara

LimestonePiker Hills Formation

Virgin Hills Formation

Sequence 4

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LimestoneWindjana

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NapierFormation

Reef Extinction Event

Shady Bore Event

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S. ybertii

D. birkheadensis

D. tenuistriatus

M. tentula

P. confluens

P. pseudoreticulata

Noonkanbah Formation

Winifred FmPaterson Fm

Anketell-Tabletop Shelf Kidson-Wallara-Crossland-Broome Fitzroy TroughBarbwire Terrace Lennard Shelf

Poole Sandstone Poole Sandstone

Schematic cross-section of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian stratigraphic unitsacross the Canning Basin, after Mory, Redfern and Martin (2008).

DSM = Deeadeea Sandstone MemberNCM = Ngumban Claystone Member

Millajiddee MbrWye Worry Mbr

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Miocene

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Rhuddanian

Aeronian

Telychian

Sheinwoodian

Homerian

Gorstian

Lochkovian

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Eifelian

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Tournaisian

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Asselian

Sakmarian

Hettangian

Sinemurian

Pliensbachian

Berriasian

Valanginian

Hauterivian

Barremian

Aptian

Albian

Cenomanian

Turonian

Coniacian

Santonian

Campanian

Maastrichtian

Danian

Selandian

Thanetian

Ypresian

Lutetian

Aquitanian

Burdigalian

Langhian

Serravallian

Tortonian

Bartonian

Priabonian

Rupelian

Chattian

PleistocenePliocene

ZancleanPiacenzianGelasianE. Pleist.M. Pleist.

Messinian

Oxfordian

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Callovian

Bathonian

Bajocian

Toarcian

Aalenian

Tithonian

Kimmeridgian

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Late

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Famennian

Pridoli

Ludfordian

Lt. Pleist.HoloceneQuaternary

Rhaetian

Norian

Carnian

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Anisian

Middle

Ladinian

Olenekian

LopingianWuchiapingian

Induan

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Oobagooma Sub-basin

Dominic Shale

Minjoo Salt

Blina Shale Blina Shale

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Lampe Formation"Lake George Formation"

Bejah Claystone

Samuel Formation

Cronin Sandstone

Triwhite Sandstone

Noonkanbah Formation

Poole Sandstone

Patterson Formation

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Tandalgoo Formation

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Worral Formation(Elsa Sandstone Member)

Worral Formation(Dodonea Member)

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation(Pegasus Dolomite Member)

Nibil Formation

Bongabinni Formation

Nita Formation

UndifferentiatedGoldwyer Formation

and Willara Formation

Wilson Cliffs Sandstone

Mallowa Salt

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Frezier Sandstone

Parda Formation

Melligo Sandstone

Cronin Formation

Callawa Formation

Jarlemai Siltstone

Alexander Formation

Wallal Sandstone

Liveringa Groupequivalent

Undifferentiated Grant Group

Mellinjerie Limestone

Tandalgoo Formation

Nambeet Formation

Worral Formation(Waldecks Member )

Worral Formation(Elsa Sandstone Member)

Worral Formation(Dodonea Member)

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation(Pegasus Dolomite Member)

Mallowa Salt

Nibil Formation

Minjoo SaltMt. TroyFormation

Bongabinni Formation

Nita Formation

Goldwyer Formation

Willara Formation

Willara Formation

Willara Formation(Acacia Sandstone Member)

Dominic Shale

Frezier Sandstone

Parda Formation

Melligo Sandstone

Jarlemai Siltstone

Alexander Formation

Broome Sandstone

Mowla Sandstone

Barbwire Sandstone

Reeves Formation

Clianthus Formation

Calytrix Formation

Hoya Formation

Mellinjerie Limestone

Tandalgoo Formation

Dominic Shale

Worral Formation(Waldecks Member )

Worral Formation(Elsa Sandstone Member)

Worral Formation(Dodonea Member)

Nambeet Formation

Goldwyer Formation

Nita Formation

Bongabinni Formation

Minjoo SaltMt. TroyFormation

Nibil Formation

Willara Formation

Willara Formation

Willara Formation(Acacia Sandstone Member)

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation

Sahara Formation(Pegasus Dolomite Member)

Mallowa Salt

Emeriau Sandstone

Melligo Sandstone

Broome Sandstone

Jarlemai Siltstone

Alexander Formation

Wallal Sandstone

Erskine Sandstone

Millyit Sandstone

Noonkanbah Formation

Reeves Formation

Undifferentiated Grant Group

Anderson Formation

Laurel Formation

Presumed basinal siliciclastics

Possible Worral Formation

UndifferentiatedCarribuddy Group

Possible Nita Formation

Possible Goldwyer Formation

Possible Nambeet Formation

Possible Willara Formation

Possible Willara Formation

Possible Willara Formation(Acacia Sandstone Member)

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Emanuel Formation

Laurel Formation

Yellow Drum Formation

Gumhole Formation

Anderson Formation

Reeves Formation

Kudata DolomiteKunian Sandstone

Cadjebut Formation

Virgin HillsFormation

Piker HillsFormation

PillaraSequence

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Undifferentiated Grant Group

Lightjack Formation

Condren Sandstone

Noonkanbah Formation

Poole SandstonePoole Sandstone

(Nura Nura Member)

Hardman Formation(Kirkby Range Member)

Erskine Sandstone

Millyit Sandstone

Presumed basinal siliciclastics

Laurel Formation

Presumed Reeves Formation

Undifferentiated Grant Group

Cossigny Member

Upper Keraudren Formation

Bedout Formation

Depuch Formation equivalents

Baleine Formation

Mermaid Formation

Mermaid Formation/Broome Sandstone

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Nelson Rocks Formation

Toolonga Calcilutite

Miria Formation

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Canning BasinBiozonation and Stratigraphy, 2013

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Figure modified from Playford, P., 2002. Palaeokarst, pseudokarst and sequencestratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia.763-793 in Keep, M. & Moss, S. (eds), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3.Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Perth.

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Short TermSea level curve

Nita Downs 1

Leo 1

Cudalgarra 1Great Sandy 1Great Sandy 2

Leo 1Nita Downs 1

Cudalgarra 1Nita Downs 1

Dodonea 1

Looma 1

Dodonea 1

Canopus 1Crystal Creek 1

Sally May 1

Pictor 1Pictor 2

Musca 1

Pandorea 1

Mirbelia 1

Kora 1

Boronia 1

East Yeeda 1

Fitzroy River 1Lake Betty 1

Yulleroo 1Lake Hevern 1

White Hills 1

Saint GeorgeRange 1

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Cycas 1, Kora 1

Crimson Lake 1

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Didecitriletes ericianus

Dulhuntyispora granulata

Grandispora spiculifera

Anapiculatisporites largus

Grandispora maculosa

Spelaeotriletes ybertii

Diatomozonotriletes birkheadensis

Deusilites tenuistriatus

Microbaculispora tentula

Pseudoreticulatispora confluens

Pseudoreticulatispora pseudoreticulata

Striatopodocarpites fusus

Microbaculispora trisina

Praecolpatites sinuosus

Microbaculispora villosa

Schematic cross-section of the Late Carboniferous-Early Permian stratigraphic unitsacross the Canning Basin, after Mory, Redfern and Martin (2008).

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Nura NuraMember

PooleSandstone

Dolostone

Silty limestone

Limestone

Calcarous siltstone

Sandy siltstone

Siltstone

Shale

Claystone

Igneous Intrusive

Evaporite

Breccia

Sandstone (coarse-grained)

Sandstone (medium-grained)

Sandstone (fine-grained)

Kidson Sub-basin(includes Tabletop Shelf)

Broome PlatformWillara Sub-basin

(includes SW Shelf margin)Lennard Shelf

(includes Betty Terrace)

Yellow DrumFormation

Successionuncertain

GumholeFormation

Pictor 1Goldwyer 1Kanak 1

Luluigui/Clanmeyer formations

White Hills 1Ellendale 1

Meda 1, Chestnut 1

Blina 1Blina 2Blina 3

Blina 4 DEBlina 5

Janpam North 1

Point Torment 1DE

Thangoo 1Thangoo 2

Aristida 1Aristida 1A

Nerrima 1Poole Range 3

Retispora lepidophyta

Brewer palynoflora

Grevillea 1Janpam North 1

AustralianConodont Zones

Hardman Formation(Cherrabun Member)

Blina Shale

Hardman Formation(Hicks Range Sandstone)

Lightjack Formation

Condren Sandstone

Hardman Formation(Kirkby Range Member)

Hardman Formation(Cherrabun Member)Hardman Formation

(Hicks Range Sandstone)

Terrace 1

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Fitzroy Trough & Gregory Sub-basin(includes Pender, Jurgurra, Mowla

& Barbwire terraces)

Numerous thinPaleogene todiscontinuousQuaternary

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Numerous thinPaleogene todiscontinuousQuaternary

fluvial,lacustrine

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Numerous thinPaleogene todiscontinuousQuaternary

fluvial,lacustrine

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Numerous thinPaleogene todiscontinuousQuaternary

fluvial,lacustrine

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Numerous thinPaleogene todiscontinuousQuaternary

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Carranya Formation

AustralianDinocyst Zonation KCCM ZonesKCCM Zones

KCCM1-5

KCCM6-10

KCCM11-15

KCCM17KCCM18KCCM19

KCCM24

KCCM20-23

KCCM25-27

KCCM28

KCCM29-32

KCCM33

KCCM34

KCCM35-36

KCCM37-43

KCCM44

KCCM45

KCCM46

KCCM47

KCCM48

KCCM49

KCCM50

N22

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N18/N19N17bN17

N16N15

N12N11N10N9N8

N5

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N2, P21

N1, P20P19P18P17P16

P15

P14P13

P12

P11

P10

P9P8P7

P6bP6aP5

P4

P3P2P1PaP0

Myrtaceidites lipsis

Dulhuntyispora dulhuntyi

Tricolporites lilliei

Nothofagidites senectus

Tricolporites apoxyexinus

N14/N13

N7/N6

Foraminisporis bifurcatus

Lunatisporites pellucidus

KCCM16

Fromea leos

Paucilobimorpha asteris

Charlesdowniea edwardsii

Wilsonidinium ornatum

Eisenackia crassitabulataSenegalinium dilwynensis

Apectodinium reburrus

Isabelidinium cretaceum

Odontochitina porifera

Dioxya armata

Egmontodinium torynumBatioladinium reticulatum

Kalyptea wisemaniae

Wanaea clathrata

Voodooia tabulata

Wanneria listeri

Sahulidinium ottii

Achomosphaera ramuliferaProtoperidinium leonis

Deflandrea heterophlycta

Arachnodinium antarcticum

Xenikoon australis

Xenascus asperatus

Phoberocysta burgeri

Omatia montgomeryiCribroperidinium perforans

Dingodinium jurassicum

Senoniasphaera tabulata

Systematophora areolata

Muderongia testudinaria

Ctenidodinium ancorum

Wanaea indotataTernia balmei

Wanaea verrucosa

Trithyrodinium evittii

Nelsoniella aceras

Hebecysta balmei

Luehndea assemblage

Dissimulidinium lobispinosumCassiculosphaeridia delicata

Apectodinium hyperacanthumApectodinium homomorphumRhombodinium waipawaense

Charlesdowniea thompsoniae

Phthanoperidinium comatum

Wanaea spectabilis

Dingodinium swanense

Pseudoceratium iehiense

Dissiliodinium caddaense

Melitasphaeridium choanophorum

Tuberculodinium vancampoae

Protoellipsodinium simplex

Gippslandica extensa

Rhaetogonyaulax wigginsii

Rhaetogonyaulax rhaetica

Dapcodinium priscus

Muderongia australis

Odontochitina operculata

Diconodinium davidii

Muderongia tetracantha

Canninginopsis denticulata

Endoceratium ludbrookiae

Diconodinium multispinum

Conosphaeridium striatoconum

Isabelidinium korojonensis

Manumiella druggii

Enneadocysta partridgei

Alisocysta circumtabulata

Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum

Palaeohystrichophora infusorioides

Nannoceratopsis deflandrei

Tubulifloridites pleistocenicus

Proteacidites asperopolus

Phyllocladidites mawsonii

Hoegisporis uniforma

Phimopollenites pannosus

Crybelosporites striatus

Coptospora paradoxa

Cyclosporites hughesi

Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis

Ruffordiaspora australiensis

Retitriletes watherooensis

Murospora florida

Contignisporites cooksoniae

Dictyotosporites complex

Callialasporites turbatus

Corollina torosa

Ashmoripollis reducta

Minutosaccus crenulatus

Samaropollenites speciosus

Staurosaccites quadrifidus

Triplexisporites playfordii

Protohaploxypinus samoilovichii

Protohaploxypinus microcorpus

Playfordiaspora crenulata

Dulhuntyispora parvithola

Spinozonotriletes? sp.

Geminospora lemurata

Ancyrospora sp. 565

Ancyrospora sp. 566

Aratrisporites? sp.

Hystrichosporites sp.

Brochozonotriletes sp.

Vjalovognathus n. sp. C

Vjalovognathus n. sp. B

Vjalovognathus n. sp. A

Mesogondolella idahoensis -Vjalovognathus shindyensis

Mesogondolella bisselli -Sweetognathus inornatus

Tauqupognathus

Pygodus serrus

Phragmodus polystrophos -Plectodina onychodonta

Histiodella holodentata

Histiodella altifrons -Histiodella sinuosa

Baltoniodus navis

Jumudontus gananda

Oepikodus communis

Prioniodus elegans -Bergstroemognathus hubiensis

Cordylodus angulatus

Drepanoistodus - Paltodus

Lower Forcipites longus

Upper Forcipites longus

Lower Lygistepollenites balmei

Upper Lygistepollenites balmei

Upper Malvacipollis diversus

Middle Malvacipollis diversus

Lower Malvacipollis diversus

Lower Nothofagidites asperus

Upper Triporopollenites bellus

Lower Triporopollenites bellus

Upper Proteacidites tuberculatus

Middle Proteacidites tuberculatus

Lower Proteacidites tuberculatus

Upper Nothofagidites asperus

Middle Nothofagidites asperus

CANNING BASIN BIOZONATION AND STRATIGRAPHY

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CANNING BASIN LOCALITY MAP

The timescale, biozonation and stratigraphic data in this product has been compiled to the Geologic Time Scale (GTS) (Gradstein, Ogg, Schmitz and Ogg), 2012

Published with permission of the CEO Geoscience Australia.

Production design by Theo Chiotis

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2013

Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as up to date as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the informationis totally accurate or complete. Therefore, you should not rely on this data when making a commercial decision.

Inquiries and further information about this chart and related products can be obtained from eitherAndrew Kelman (phone: +61 6 6249 9392 e-mail: andrew.kelman@ga.gov.au) orDr. John R. Laurie (phone: +61 6 6249 9412 e-mail: john.laurie@ga.gov.au) orTegan Smith (phone: +61 6 6249 9210 e-mail: tegan.smith@ga.gov.au).

This chart represents a revision of previous charts including Australian biozonation schemes calibrated to earlier geological timescales, GTS 2004 and AGSO 1996. Thesea-level curve and most international biozonation scheme data are from the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) databases. These data and all Australianbiozonation schemes used herein have been compiled in the Timescale Creator software developed by Adam Lugowski, Jim Ogg and Felix Gradstein.A Geoscience Australia version of this software is available to download from the Timescales webpage and contains the full references listed on this chart.

Coal measures

N, P Zones main references:Blow, 1969, 1979;Berggren & Miller, 1998;Erba et al., 1995;Robaszynski, 1998;Data from ICS databases.

Main references:Helby et al., 1987, 2004; Partridge, 2006.

Main references:Dettmann & Playford, 1969; Helby, 1973;Filatoff, 1975; Dolby & Balme, 1976;Helby et al., 1987; Price, 1997; Partridge, 2006.

KCCM Zones main references:Howe et al., 2003;Campbell et al., 2004;Rexilius, 2009 (unpublished).

Main references:Hardenbol et al., 1998; Haq & Al-Qahtani, 2005;Haq & Schutter, 2008.

Main references:Nicoll & Shergold, 1991;Nicoll & Metcalfe, 1998.