Devonian Fish Fossils from Billiluna, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Fragmentary remains of Devonian fishes from the Knobby Sandstone formation in the eastern Canning Basin. The fauna includes a new species of the antiarch Bothriolepis, other placoderm fragments, and rhipidistian teeth and scales, preserved as moulds in coarse sandstone. The data was published by Geoscience Australia and last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Taxonomic classification of Devonian fish based on described fragmentary remains.
• Analysis of depositional environments based on high-energy preservation characteristics.
• Correlation of Late Devonian vertebrate assemblages using described fossil types.
• Study of non-marine clastic formations as potential petroleum reservoirs.

Strengths

• Includes description of a new species of the antiarch Bothriolepis.
• Associated plant remains, including Leptophloeum australe, are documented.
• Provides specific geological context: the Knobby Sandstone formation in the eastern Canning Basin.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Scientific description of fossil specimens.

Time Range

Late Devonian (likely Famennian age)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:00:36.924187; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Billiluna, eastern Canning Basin, Western Australia