L.86, Bingleburra Formation, Lweinsborrk-Trevallyn fault Block, New South Wales (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.4° S, 151.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 145.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bingleburra Formation (Burindi Group), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• the age is described as Upper Tournaisian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, brown mudstone

• The Bingleburra Formation (approximately 3,000 feet in thickness) consists of mudstones, siltstones, oolitic and crinoidal limestones and interbedded sandstones and congliomerates. L.86, approximately 20 feet above L.217, contains crowded fragments of polyzoa and small brachiopods in a pale brown mudstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: All specimens reposited in The Univeristy of New England Palaeontological Collection (New South Wales, Australia)

Primary reference: J. Roberts. 1963. A lower Carboniferous fauna from Lewinsbrook, New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 97:1-29 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58018: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 16.01.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Bibucia tubiformis n. gen. n. sp. tabulate coral
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Cladochonus tenuicollis M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Ptychospira sp." = Ptychospirina
"Ptychospira sp." = Ptychospirina Perner 1907 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Girtypecten sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia cf. analoga Phillips 1836
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" "sp. A." Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Thomasariidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Ptilopora konincki" = Ptylopora
"Ptilopora konincki" = Ptylopora
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia laxa Bassler 1929
Ramipora sp. Toula 1875
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Conophillipsia brevicaudata n. gen. n. sp." = Monodechenella breviceps
"Conophillipsia brevicaudata n. gen. n. sp." = Monodechenella breviceps Mitchell 1918 trilobite