Dilgry Road, NUL 623 (Carboniferous of Australia)

Also known as University of Newcastle Collection 623

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.0° S, 151.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 161.2° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Faulkland Formation, Pendleian (326.4 - 318.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone and conglomerate

• coarse to medium grained, lithic sandstones with minor conglomerate lenses of shallow water marine origin

Primary reference: S. Peou and B. A. Engel. 1979. A Carboniferous fauna from Rawdon Vale, New South Wales. Alcheringa 3:141-157 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8224: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 29.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae
Oriocrassatella sp. Etheridge 1907 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis muddlesensis n. sp. nut clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus (Linoproductus) kerripitensis n. sp.
sgn. (Linoproductus)
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae