Locality 55 (= Loc. 11P). G306.1-74. Neeyamba Hill (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as =Locality 11 of Pojeta & Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977). 125 mm E x 22 mm N Glenormiston map

Where: Queensland, Australia (23.1° S, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 167.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nora Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite

• Intertidal to low-energy shallow subtidal marine (Shergold et al 1976), offshore bar for basal interval (Shergold and Druce 1980) or offshore, below wave base for entire formation (Draper 1977). (Dunster et al. 2006)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.H. Shergold & J. Pojeta in 1974

• CPC & QML specimens

Primary reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77521: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Phacopida - Prosopiscidae
aff. Prosopiscus sp.
aff. Prosopiscus sp. Salter 1865 trilobite
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Carolinites sp.
Carolinites sp. Kobayashi 1940 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Asaphus" howchini, "Asaphus" thorntoni
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
? Raphistomina sp.
? Raphistomina sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
? Helicotoma sp.
? Helicotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Technophorus sp.
Technophorus sp. Miller 1889
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo smithi
Palaeoneilo smithi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam
 Nuculida - Nucularcidae
Sthenodonta passmoreae
Sthenodonta passmoreae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Cyrtodonta sp.
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
 Unioni - Lyrodesmatidae
Noradonta shergoldi
Noradonta shergoldi Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam
 Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae
Copidens browni
Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 clam