Dunhill Bluff Ls. Mbr., Fossil Hill Ls., Molong Volcanic Belt (Ordovician of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.1° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 176.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dunhill Bluff Limestone Member (Fossil Hill Limestone Formation), Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• "...interpreted to have occupied in an outer shelf (BA 3) setting in somewhat deeper water, probably below the level of normal wave base but well within the photic zone."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I.G. Percival, M. J. Engelbretsen, and G.A. Brock. 1999. Distribution of Middle to Late Ordovician lingulate brachiopods in New South Wales. Acta Universitatis Carolinae 443(1/2):347-350 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64567: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 10.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Obolidae
? Lingulella sp.
? Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
debris