University of New South Wales collection L.53, Greenhills (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.5° S, 151.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° S, 153.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Age: "Middle Visean (Cu III-alpha)". The particular group or formation that this locality belongs us unclear. The regional stratigraphic relationships are obscured by laterally rapid facies changes and structural complexity.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray siltstone and lithified, coarse-grained sandstone

• There is no written description of the L.53 lithologies in Roberts (1964), only a generalized strat section (fig. 2). L.53 consists of two fossiliferous horizons seperated by a vertical distance of approximately 5 feet. The lower horizon is in a unit of "darkgrey fossiliferous siltsonte", the upper horizone is in "coarse fossiliferous sandstone".

Collection methods: specimens reposited at the University of New South Wales.

Primary reference: J. Roberts. 1964. Lower Carboniferous brachiopods from Greenhills, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Soceity of Australia 10:173-194 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62638: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 24.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Diodontopteria delicata
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Marginatia patersonensis
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia sp., Eomarginifera tenuimontis
Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus gradatus, Waagenoconcha delicatula
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria campbelli n. sp.
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Werriea australis
Werriea australis Campbell 1957
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus spinigera, Schuchertella concentrica n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes auriculus n. sp., Rugosochonetes kennedyensis
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia cf. analoga
Leptagonia cf. analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris triseptata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Unispirifer striatoconvolutus
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris cf. davidis
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Voiseyella anterosa
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina australis
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Asyrinxia lata, Pseudosyrinx exsuperans
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" sp.
"Camarotoechia" sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma laevis
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma picketti
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria verulamensis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella australis
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora mirari
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Fistulamina inornata
 Cystoporida - Goniocladiidae
Goniocladia laxa
Goniocladia laxa Bassler 1929
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa parallela
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella propinqua, Fenestella acarinata, Hemitrypa clarkei
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp.
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Girtypecten sp.
? Girtypecten sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten trevallynensis
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Phillipsia cf. dungogensis" = Monodechenella breviceps
"Phillipsia cf. dungogensis" = Monodechenella breviceps Mitchell 1918 trilobite
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish