Cliefden Caves (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as Fossil Hill Fm, Kalimna Limest Mbr, Cliefden Caves, New South Wales, Australia

Where: New South Wales, Australia (34.0° S, 148.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 176.7° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Conodont zonation from Zhen, Webby & Barnes (1999).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified carbonate and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. D. Webby. 1992. Ordovician island biotas: New South Wales record and global implications. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 125:51-77 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2707: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 15.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Tetradium
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Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Nyctopora sp. Nicholson 1879 tabulate coral
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida -
Pragnellia sp. Leith 1952 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris sp. Eichwald 1855 tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
? Billingsaria sp. Okulitch 1936 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Billingsaria? sp."
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Cystistroma sp. Etheridge 1895 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechiella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1930 stromatoporoid sponge
Stratodictyon sp. Webby 1969 stromatoporoid sponge
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
? Gorbyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
originally entered as "Gorbyoceras? sp."
 Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae
Troedssonella sp. Kobayashi 1935
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Prasopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Quondogia sp." = Quondongia
"Quondogia sp." = Quondongia Percival 1991
originally entered as "Quondongia sp."
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Craniata
 Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Eodinobolus sp. Rowell 1963
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina sp. Chugaeva 1956 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eokosovopeltis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1972 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite