Coonigan Fm., First Discovery Limestone, New South Wales (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (31.2° S, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 163.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coonigan Formation, Solvan (510.2 - 504.5 Ma)

• Lower part of formation. Ordian age (basal Middle Cambrian). Informally known as "first discovery limestone"

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. Roberts and P. A. Jell. 1990. Early Middle Cambrian (Ordian) Brachiopods of the Coonigan Formation, Western New-South-Wales. Alcheringa 14(3-4):257-309 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56531: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Eothele granulata n. sp.
Eothele granulata n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
More than 100 broken specimens
 Lingulida -
Linguloidea indet.
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella bynguanoensis n. sp., Westonia cymbricensis n. sp.
Lingulella bynguanoensis n. sp.
several hundred specimens
 Acrotretida -
"Hadrotreta primaeva" = Vandalotreta djagoran
"Hadrotreta primaeva" = Vandalotreta djagoran Walcott 1902
several hundred specimens
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Kleithriatreta lamellosa n. gen. n. sp.
Kleithriatreta lamellosa n. gen. n. sp.
More than 200 specimens
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Micromitra nerranubawu, Dictyonina australis n. sp.
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Arctohedridae
Arctohedra alata n. sp.
Arctohedra alata n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Chileata
 Chileida - Chileidae
Acareorthis jelli n. gen. n. sp.
Acareorthis jelli n. gen. n. sp.
Obolellata
 Naukatida - Naukatidae
Bynguanoia perplexa n. gen. n. sp.
Bynguanoia perplexa n. gen. n. sp.
Kutorginata
 Kutorginida - Kutorginidae
? Kutorgina sp.
? Kutorgina sp. Billings 1861
 Kutorginida - Nisusiidae
Nisusia grandis n. sp., Trematosia cf. undulata
Nisusia grandis n. sp.
2 subspecies combined (ssp. grandia, several hundred; ssp. glabra 120 specimens)
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Cymbricia spinicostata n. gen. n. sp., Wimanella tricavata n. sp.
Cymbricia spinicostata n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Wimanella tricavata n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Glaphyrorthis fastigiata n. gen. n. sp., Austrohedra mimica n. gen. n. sp.
Glaphyrorthis fastigiata n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Austrohedra mimica n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia cf. quebecensis, Pagetia silicunda
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis sp.
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Kootenia sp.
Kootenia sp. Walcott 1899 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dinesidae
Dinesus sp.
Dinesus sp. Etheridge 1896 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Metadoxididae
Onaraspis sp.
Onaraspis sp. Opik 1967 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia sp.
Redlichia sp. Cossmann 1902 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Xystriduridae
Xystridura sp.
Xystridura sp. Whitehouse 1936 trilobite