Where: New South Wales, Australia (31.2° S, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 163.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coonigan Formation, Solvan (510.2 - 504.5 Ma)
• Lower part of formation. Ordian age (basal Middle Cambrian). Informally known as "first discovery limestone"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J. Roberts and P. A. Jell. 1990. Early Middle Cambrian (Ordian) Brachiopods of the Coonigan Formation, Western New-South-Wales. Alcheringa 14(3-4):257-309 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56531: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Arctohedra alata n. sp.
Arctohedra alata n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990 | |
Chileata | |
Acareorthis jelli n. gen. n. sp.
Acareorthis jelli n. gen. n. sp. | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cymbricia spinicostata n. gen. n. sp., Wimanella tricavata n. sp.
Cymbricia spinicostata n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Wimanella tricavata n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990 | |
Austrohedra mimica n. gen. n. sp., Glaphyrorthis fastigiata n. gen. n. sp.
Austrohedra mimica n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990
Glaphyrorthis fastigiata n. gen. n. sp. Roberts and Jell 1990 | |
Obolellata | |
Bynguanoia perplexa n. gen. n. sp.
Bynguanoia perplexa n. gen. n. sp. | |
Kutorginata | |
? Kutorgina sp. Billings 1861 | |
Nisusia grandis n. sp. 2 subspecies combined (ssp. grandia, several hundred; ssp. glabra 120 specimens)
Trematosia cf. undulata Cooper 1976 | |
Paterinata | |
Dictyonina australis n. sp.
Micromitra nerranubawu Kruse 1990 | |
Lingulata | |
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828 | |
Lingulella bynguanoensis n. sp., Westonia cymbricensis n. sp.
Westonia cymbricensis n. sp. | |
Eothele granulata n. sp.
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"Hadrotreta primaeva" = Vandalotreta djagoran
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Kleithriatreta lamellosa n. gen. n. sp.
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Artiopoda | |
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847 | |
Trilobita | |
Dinesus sp. Etheridge 1896 trilobite | |
Kootenia sp. Walcott 1899 trilobite | |
Xystridura sp. Whitehouse 1936 trilobite | |
Redlichia sp. Cossmann 1902 trilobite | |
Onaraspis sp. Opik 1967 trilobite |