Locality 23. Hy 269*. South flank of Waterhouse Range, 1188 m above dog-leg bend & 91 meters east up tributary to Hugh River (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as 548 mm E x 429 mm N Glenormiston map; just up from Rostroconch locality 56

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (24.0° S, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 170.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sequence 3 Member (Pacoota Formation), Bendigonian (474.9 - 473.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone

• fine grained silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.H. Shergold & J. Pojeta in 1974

• CPC & QML specimens

Primary reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79134: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Colpomyida - Colpomyidae
Xestoconcha kraciukae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam
Colpantyx woolleyi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam