Junee Caves on the Junee River about 2 miles from Maydena (Ordovician of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.7° S, 146.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.1° N, 130.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cashions Creek Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• Gordon Subgroup

•Da3-Da4

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Oncolitic dolomitic limestone, thick-bedded, fine calcarenite with abundant Girvanella.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. R. Banks and J.H. Johnson. 1957. Maclurites and Girvanella in the Gordon River Limestone (Ordovician) of Tasmania. Journal of Paleontology 31(3):632-640 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167467: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
Orthonybyoceras tasmaniense
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites florentinensis
Maclurites florentinensis Banks and Johnson 1957 snail
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella problematica
Girvanella problematica Nicholson and Etheridge 1878