L134. East of Fossil Hill, near Cliefden Caves (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as Was: Fossil Hill Limestone, Dunhill Bluff Mbr, Cliefden Caves area, New South Wales,

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 177.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belodina confluens conodont zone, Dunhill Bluff Member (Fossil Hill Limestone Formation), Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Was Gisbonian - Harnagian; revised based on Percival et al. (2008).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Thin-bedded bioclastic limestone with shaly partings

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2725: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 16.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Was a composite list. PJW began breaking it up, using the most diverse list to replace the initial one.
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unclassified
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Cliefdenoceras gregarium n. gen. n. sp.
Cliefdenoceras gregarium n. gen. n. sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
"Tylambonites speciosa" = Chaganella speciosa, Anoptambonites exedra
"Tylambonites speciosa" = Chaganella speciosa Percival 1991
Anoptambonites exedra Percival 1991
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites isotes
Sowerbyites isotes Percival 1991
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Webbyspira principalis n. gen. n. sp.
Webbyspira principalis n. gen. n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema oepiki n. sp.
Rhynchotrema oepiki n. sp. Percival 1991
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis hadra
Dinorthis hadra Percival 1991
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis cliefdenensis n. sp.
Plectorthis cliefdenensis n. sp. Percival 1991
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites costatus n. sp., Paradiscoceras dissitum n. sp.
Paradiscoceras dissitum n. sp. Stait et al. 1985
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
? Gorbyoceras sp.
? Gorbyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
originally entered as "Gorbyoceras? sp."
 Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae
Troedssonella sp.
Troedssonella sp. Kobayashi 1935
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Heptabronteus sp." = Kosovopeltis
"Heptabronteus sp." = Kosovopeltis Snajdr 1958 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinuraspis sp.
Encrinuraspis sp. Webby et al. 1970 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina sp.
Pliomerina sp. Chugaeva 1956 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Pseudobasilicus sp.
? Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930 trilobite
originally entered as "Pseudobasilicus? sp."
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum sp.
Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971 horn coral
 Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp.
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp.
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Esthonia sp.
Esthonia sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris sp., Acidolites sp.
Coccoseris sp. Eichwald 1855 tabulate coral
Acidolites sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia sp., Stratodictyon sp.
Labechia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stromatoporoid sponge
Stratodictyon sp. Webby 1969 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Rosenella sp., Pseudostylodictyon sp.
Rosenella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Pseudostylodictyon sp. Ozaki 1938 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Cystistroma sp.
Cystistroma sp. Etheridge 1895 stromatoporoid sponge