Lords Siltstone Member, Benjamin Limestone, Florentine Synclinorium, Tasmania, A (Ordovician to of Australia)

Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.0° S, 146.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° N, 178.2° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lords Siltstone Member (Benjamin Limestone Formation), Gisbornian to Gisbornian (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• Gordon Subgroup

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• Buff-colored, micaceous siltstone and fine-grained sandst; pulse of terrigenous influx

Primary reference: K. D. Corbett and M. R. Banks. 1974. Ordovician stratigraphy of the Florentine Synclinorium, southwest Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 107:207-238 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2685: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 14.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Phylloporine indet., Rhodophyta indet.
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922
originally entered as "Red Algae"
Tetradium
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Tetradium sp., Tetradium sp., Tetradium sp., Tetradium sp., Tetradium sp., Tetradium sp.
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 1"
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 2"
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 3" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 3"
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 4" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 4"
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 5" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 5"
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846
"sp. 6" - originally entered as "Tetradium sp. 6"
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Protaraea sp., Acidolites sp.
Protaraea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Protarea sp."
Acidolites sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae
Trochiscolithus sp.
Trochiscolithus sp. Kiaer 1904 tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
Billingsaria sp., Foerstephyllum sp.
Billingsaria sp. Okulitch 1936 tabulate coral
Foerstephyllum sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lichenariidae
Lichenaria sp., Lichenaria sp.
Lichenaria sp. Winchell and Schuchert 1895 tabulate coral
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Lichenaria sp. 1"
Lichenaria sp. Winchell and Schuchert 1895 tabulate coral
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Lichenaria sp. 2"
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Nyctopora sp., Lyopora sp.
Nyctopora sp. Nicholson 1879 tabulate coral
Lyopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp.
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Thamnobeatricia sp.
Thamnobeatricia sp. Raymond 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Paracrinoidea
 Comarocystitida - Comarocystitidae
Comarocystites sp.
Comarocystites sp. Billings 1854
originally entered as "Camarocystites sp."
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
Cephalopoda
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Hecatoceras sp.
Hecatoceras sp. Teichert and Glenister 1952
 Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae
Anaspyroceras sp.
Anaspyroceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites sp.
Sowerbyites sp. Teichert 1937
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida -
Orthida indet.
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthidae indet.
Orthidae indet. Woodward 1852
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp., Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Stictopora sp. 1"
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Stictopora sp. 2"
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Amplexopora sp.
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Homotelus sp." = Isotelus, Asaphellus sp.
"Homotelus sp." = Isotelus Dekay 1824 trilobite
Asaphellus sp. Callaway 1877 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyx sp.
Ampyx sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas sp.
Amphilichas sp. Raymond 1905 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp.
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Ectenonotus sp., Pliomerina trisulcata
Ectenonotus sp. Raymond 1920 trilobite
Pliomerina trisulcata Edgecombe et al. 1999 trilobite
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Ogygiocaridinae indet.
Ogygiocaridinae indet. Raymond 1937 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Eoleperditia sp.
Eoleperditia sp. Swartz 1949 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichiidae indet.
Beyrichiidae indet. Jones 1894 ostracod