PBDB Collection

L143. Creek bed, Billabong Creek, Forbes-Brogan Gate Road (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as = Billabong Creek Limestone Fm., Forbes and Bogan Gate, New South Wales, Australia

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.3° S, 148.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 176.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belodina confluens conodont zone, Billabong Creek Limestone Formation, Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Upper part of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• Thinly-bedded, coralline limestone and massive limestone; shallow subtidal setting

"limestone + limestone" changed to "limestone" by JA

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Sherwin. 1973. Stratigraphy of the Forbes-Bogan Gated District. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Records 15(1):47-101 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2745: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 17.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Several articles, including systematic (trilobites, brachiopods, corals, and stromatoporoids) as well as biostratigraphic articles. Converted to L143 because that is the most diverse list in Percival (1991). Other taxa need to be updated.

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Tetradium
-	Tetradium sp. Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
Trilobita
Asaphida - Remopleurididae	Remopleurides sp. Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Asaphida - Asaphidae	Pseudobasilicus sp. Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930 trilobite
Trinucleida - Trinucleidae	Parkesolithus sp. Parkesolithus sp. Campbell and Durham 1970 trilobite
Lichida - Lichidae	Amphilichas sp. Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
Phacopida - Pliomeridae	Pliomerina sp. Pliomerina sp. Chugaeva 1956 trilobite
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	Sphaerocoryphe sp. Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
Phacopida - Encrinuridae	Encrinuraspis sp. Encrinuraspis sp. Webby et al. 1970 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae	Didymelasma inconspicua¹ Didymelasma inconspicua¹
Atrypida - Anazygidae	Zygospira carinata¹ Zygospira carinata¹
Atrypida - Atrypinidae	Australispira disticha n. gen. n. sp.¹ Australispira disticha n. gen. n. sp.¹
Orthida - Glyptorthidae	Eridorthis australis¹ Eridorthis australis¹ Percival 1991
Orthida - Plaesiomyidae	Dinorthis hadra¹ Dinorthis hadra¹ Percival 1991
Orthida - Plectorthidae	Doleroides mixticius n. sp.¹ Doleroides mixticius n. sp.¹ Percival 1991
Orthida - Wangyuiidae	Bowanorthis fragilis¹ Bowanorthis fragilis¹ Percival 1991
Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae	Rhynchotrema oepiki¹ Rhynchotrema oepiki¹ Percival 1991
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Furcitellidae	Trigrammaria ampla¹, Quondongia alitis¹, Geniculomena barnesi² Trigrammaria ampla¹ Percival 1991 Quondongia alitis¹ Percival 1991 originally entered as "Quondongia sp." Geniculomena barnesi² Percival 2009
Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae	Paromalomena zheni² Paromalomena zheni² Percival 2009
Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae	Sowerbyites isotes¹ Sowerbyites isotes¹ Percival 1991
Strophomenida - Leptellinidae	Shlyginia rectangularis², "Wiradjuriella halis n. gen. n. sp." = Mabella halis¹ Shlyginia rectangularis² Percival 2009 "Wiradjuriella halis n. gen. n. sp." = Mabella halis¹ Percival 1991
Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae	Anoptambonites exedra¹ Anoptambonites exedra¹ Percival 1991
Orthotetida - Triplesiidae	Paraonychoplecia inversa Paraonychoplecia inversa Percival 1991
Stromatoporoidea
Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae	Ecclimadictyon sp. Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae	Hillophyllum sp. Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971 horn coral

¹Percival 1991; ²Percival 2009