East flank of south Molong Volcanic Belt (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as base of Malongulli Fm., east flank of south Molong Volcanic Belt

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.1° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 176.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Taoqupognathus tumidus - Protopanderodus insculptus conodont zone, Malongulli Formation, Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Oulodus velicuspis zone (N. American midcontinent conodonts)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• allchthonous limestone breccia

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 64573: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 10.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ephippelasmitidae indet.
Ephippelasmitidae gen. et sp. indet.
Craniata
 Craniopsida -
? Craniopsida sp. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
?craniopsid gen. et sp. nov.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
 Lingulida - Paterulidae
 Lingulida - Obolidae
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
Multispinula sp. Rowell 1962
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
"Conotreta" ? mica Gorjansky 1969
Spondylotreta sp. Cooper 1956
Hisingerella hetera Percival 1978
 Acrotretida - Scaphelasmatidae
Scaphelasma sp. Cooper 1956
Scaphelasma scutula Popov et al. 1994
 Acrotretida - Biernatidae
Biernatia sp. Holmer 1989
Biernatia sp. B