University of New South Wales Collection L.270 (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.4° S, 151.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° S, 152.9° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper II-delta or III-alpha zone, Bingleburra Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Stratigraphically, from lowest to highest: L.208, L.270, L.233

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray siltstone

• Internal and external molds. Shell material is present in a limestone lens interbedded with the fossiliferous siltstones and also occurs in the unweathered portions of the siltstone bed.
• grey siltstones.

Primary reference: J. Roberts. 1965. A Lower Carboniferous fauna from Trevallyn, New South Wales. Palaeontology 8(1):54-81 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5604: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 23.10.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria verulamensis
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina australis