NUL 811, Cobark Creek Section, Berrico Creek FM, New South Wales, Australia (Carboniferous of Australia)

Also known as University of Newcastle Collection 811

Where: New South Wales, Australia (31.9° S, 151.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 152.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Berrico Creek Formation, Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified, coarse-grained sandstone

• granualr, coarse grained, lithic sandstone. In thin section, the sandstones have phenoclasts composed chiefly of subangular to subrounded clear quartz and altered plagioclase, biotite, muscovite, calcite and lithic fragments (mainly volcanic rocks). Rounded to well rounded calcitit oolites nucleated on some of these phenoclasts are also present. The sandstones are cemented by calcite, iron-oxide and mica minerals and also have a fine matrix. They accumulated close to the shoreline under relatively high energy conditions.

Collection methods: All type and illustrated specimens (Rawdonia nasharae gen. et sp. nov.) are housed in the Department of Geology, University of Newcastle, N.S.W.

Primary reference: S. Peou. 1979. A new athyridacean brachiopod from the Carboniferous of Rawdon Vale, New South Wales. Alcheringa 3:189-195 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58136: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 23.01.2006

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Eomarginifera megalotis
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus gradatus
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes gloucesterensis
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes australis
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella concentrica
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella fortimuscula
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria verulamensis
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer lirellus
Spirifer lirellus Cvancara 1958
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris lamina, Rawdonia nasharae n. gen. n. sp.
Rawdonia nasharae n. gen. n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia "sp. nov."
Camarotoechia "sp. nov." Hall and Clarke 1893
Camarotoechia sp. nov.