Fossil Hill, Cliefden Caves (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as Cliefden Caves Eodinobolus and Alleynodictyon Communities, New South Wales, Australia

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.0° S, 149.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 176.7° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Taoqupognathus philipi conodont zone, Gleesons Limestone Member (Fossil Hill Limestone Formation), Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Originally called the Cliefden Caves Limestone Group, sometimes with the formation as Gleesons Limestone Formation

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified lime mudstone and wackestone

• Lime-mud supported shell bank, but with substantial terrigenous material; described as restricted, nearshore conditions, possibly estuarine or protected bay.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. D. Webby and I. G. Percival. 1983. Ordovician Trimerrillacean brachiopod shell beds. Lethaia 16(3):215-232 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2646: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 13.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• PJW: this can be broken up into several bed-by-bed collections.
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Tetradium
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Tetradium duplex, Tetradium variable
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Alleynodictyon sp.
Alleynodictyon sp. Webby 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Homotrypa sp.
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
Craniata
 Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Eodinobolus sp.
Eodinobolus sp. Rowell 1963
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod