Also known as Locality 15 of Corbett & Banks 1974
Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.2° S, 145.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 176.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gordon Limestone Formation (Gordon Group), Gisbornian (460.9 - 456.1 Ma)
• Overlain by bed containing Eobronteus; given as Blackriveran in Pojeta & Gilbert-Tomlinson.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified limestone
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by K.O. Reid
Primary reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79237: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ctenodonta macalesteri n. sp.
Ctenodonta macalesteri n. sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam | |
Deceptrix banksi n. sp.
Deceptrix banksi n. sp. Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam |