PBDB Collection

Watts, Babbinboon (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (27.8° S, 151.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 144.0° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• No formation name given in this reference. The Group designation is 'Burindi.'

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, black, green siltstone and grainstone

• the fossiliferous beds are well-bedded siltstones ~30 ft. thick...underlain by greenish-black mudstones...section is capped by an oolitic limestone 8-10 ft thick.

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1957. A lower Carboniferous brachiopod-coral fauna from New South Wales. Journal of Paleontology 31(1):34-98 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5615: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 04.11.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Schuchertella pseudoseptata n. sp. Schuchertella pseudoseptata n. sp.
Orthotetida - Orthotetidae	Werriea australis n. gen. n. sp. Werriea australis n. gen. n. sp. Campbell 1957
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes careyi n. sp. Chonetes careyi n. sp.
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	? Rugosochonetes werriensis n. sp. ? Rugosochonetes werriensis n. sp.
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Leptagonia cf. analoga Leptagonia cf. analoga Phillips 1836
Productida - Echinoconchidae	Echinoconchus gradatus, Waagenoconcha delicatula Echinoconchus gradatus Waagenoconcha delicatula
Productida - Productidae	Dictyoclostus sp., Dictyoclostus paradoxus n. sp., Dictyoclostus simplex n. sp. Dictyoclostus sp. Muir-Wood 1930 Dictyoclostus paradoxus n. sp. Campbell 1957 Dictyoclostus simplex n. sp. Campbell 1957
Rhynchonellata
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella australis, Rhipidomella myosa n. sp. Rhipidomella australis Rhipidomella myosa n. sp.
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria cf. resupinata Schizophoria cf. resupinata Martin 1809
Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae	Pugnax minutus n. sp. Pugnax minutus n. sp.
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia sp. Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellida - Tetracameridae	Tetracamera cf. subtrigona Tetracamera cf. subtrigona Meek and Worthen 1860
Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae	Strophopleura anterosa n. sp. Strophopleura anterosa n. sp.
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Ectochoristites wattsi n. gen. n. sp., Unispirifer striatoconvolutus n. gen. Ectochoristites wattsi n. gen. n. sp. Unispirifer striatoconvolutus n. gen.
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris pseudovalis n. sp. Brachythyris pseudovalis n. sp.
Terebratulida - Gillediidae	Balanoconcha elliptica n. gen. n. sp. Balanoconcha elliptica n. gen. n. sp.
Athyridida - Retziidae	? Eumetria mona n. sp. ? Eumetria mona n. sp.
Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae	Punctospirifer sp. Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae	Asyrinxia lata n. gen. Asyrinxia lata n. gen.
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae	Caninophyllum sumphuens Caninophyllum sumphuens horn coral
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Lithostrotion columnare, Lithostrotion voiseyi n. sp. Lithostrotion columnare horn coral Lithostrotion voiseyi n. sp. horn coral