Also known as L40

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.6° S, 148.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 177.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Basal Beds. Ea3, top of Belodina confluens zone.

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 166919: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 04.03.2015

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