Northward extension of L.234, Wiragulla Beds, New South Wales (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.4° S, 151.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 153.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wiragulla Beds Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• 150 Feet above L.235.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, fine-grained siltstone and lithified limestone

• The Wiragulla Beds are composed of distinctive grey to pale fawn mudstones and fine-grained sandstones.
• [The Ararat Formation] is composed of calcareous tuffaceous sandstone with minor mudstones and oolitic and crinoidal limestone lenses. L.235 Dungog occurs in a calcareous sandstone and impure limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Specimens reposited in The Univeristy of New South Wales Palaeontological Collection

Primary reference: J. Roberts. 1964. Lower Carboniferous Faunas from Wiragulla and Dungog, New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 97(6A):193-215 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58031: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 16.01.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp.
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia cf. analoga
Leptagonia cf. analoga Phillips 1836
Leptagonia cf. L. analoga
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes cangonensis n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Delepinea aspinosa
 Productida - Productidae
Inflatia elegans n. sp.
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria campbelli
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus gradatus, Waagenoconcha delicatula
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella concentrica
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" sp.
"Camarotoechia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma laevis
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris wiragullensis n. sp., Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer osbonei n. sp., Unispirifer striatoconvolutus
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Balanoconcha elliptica
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria verulamensis