L129. near 'Mirrabooka' homestead, 3.5 km north of Cheesemans Creek Post Office (Ordovician of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.2° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 176.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belodina confluens conodont zone, Malongulli Formation, Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Ea3, top of Belodina confluens zone.

•Formation known earlier as Cliefden Caves Limestone Formation and as Cliefden Caves Limestone Group.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, calcareous shale and siltstone

• Lithology described as spicule-bearing marls and siltstones.

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•Represent periplatform deposits originally deposited on the shelf edge or upper slope and subsequently dislodged into deeper water (Webby 1992).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Several articles, each describing a specific taxonomic group.

Primary reference: I. G. Percival. 1978. Inarticulate brachiopods from the Late Ordovician of New South Wales and their paleoecological significance. Alcheringa 2(1-2):117-141 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166921: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Sericoidea minor
Sericoidea minor Percival 1979
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella cf. lepta
Sowerbyella cf. lepta Percival 1979
 Strophomenida - Anoptambonitidae
Durranella rugosa
Durranella rugosa Percival 1978
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
Paterula malongulliensis n. sp.
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Anomaloglossa porca