Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW (Devonian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.0° S, 148.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 173.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Receptaculites Limestone Member (Taemas Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Upper part of Receptaculites Lst.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone and shelly/skeletal grainstone

• Generally shallow tropical interpretation.
• "The 'Receptaculites' Lst consists of a series of well-bedded to massive ilmestones that are predominantly sparse or packed biomicrites, but range from micrite to sorted biosparite."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: B. D. E. Chatterton. 1973. Brachiopods of the Murrumbidgee Group, Taemas, New South Wales. Bulletin, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics of Australia 137:1-146 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39884: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 10.06.2004, edited by Melanie Hopkins

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Focus of monograph is on brachiopods. Trilobites are also reported for Assemblages A and B at locality A; fully described in Chatterton 1971 (secondary reference).
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Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops australis n. sp.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Eoschuchertella murphyi1
Eoschuchertella murphyi1
Schuchertella per Chatterton
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes latus n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Malurostrophia minima n. sp., Malurostrophia aura n. sp., "Mesodouvillina (Protocymostrophia) dickinsi" = Cymostrophia (Protocymostrophia)1
"Mesodouvillina (Protocymostrophia) dickinsi" = Cymostrophia (Protocymostrophia)1
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
"Cyrtinopsis aff. cooperi" = Megakozlowskiella cooperi
"Cyrtinopsis aff. cooperi" = Megakozlowskiella cooperi Gill 1952
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris hudsoni n. sp., Howellella aff. textilis
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
Quadrithyrina sp.
Quadrithyrina sp. Havlicek 1959
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Howittia multiplicata, Howittia howitti
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambothyris runnegari n. sp.
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira dayi n. sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa penelopeae n. sp.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina aff. wellingtonensis
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Browneella browneae n. gen. n. sp.
Browneella browneae n. gen. n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax" oepiki n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
Eoglossinotoechia linki n. sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
"Cymidia robertsi n. gen. n. sp." = Cydimia, Adrenia cernua n. gen. n. sp., Adrenia expansa n. gen. n. sp., Micidus shandkyddi n. gen. n. sp., ? Micidus glaber n. sp.
"Cymidia robertsi n. gen. n. sp." = Cydimia
Adrenia cernua n. gen. n. sp.
Adrenia expansa n. gen. n. sp.
Micidus shandkyddi n. gen. n. sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella stormeri n. sp.
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Spinella yassensis
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Dentaloscutellum hudsoni n. sp.2, Scutellum calvum n. sp.2
Dentaloscutellum hudsoni n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
Scutellum calvum n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Proetus) talenti" = Proetus (Devonoproetus) talenti2
"Proetus (Proetus) talenti" = Proetus (Devonoproetus) talenti2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
juveniles only
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi n. sp." = Maurotarion struszi2
"Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi n. sp." = Maurotarion struszi2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene quadrilobata2
Gravicalymene quadrilobata2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops spedeni n. sp.2
Phacops spedeni n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida" = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida2
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida" = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida2 Edgell 1955 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Xanionurus bispinosus n. sp.2, Primaspis (Taemasaspis) campbelli2, Ceratocephala vexilla n. sp.2
Xanionurus bispinosus n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
Primaspis (Taemasaspis) campbelli2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
juveniles only
Ceratocephala vexilla n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
1Brock and Talent 1993; 2Chatterton 1971