Coppermine Creek, Cliefden Caves (Ordovician of Australia)
Also known as Reef 2482
Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 177.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Malongulli Formation, Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)
• block in the lower part of the formation, Malongulli Formation is Late Eastonian-Early Bolindian (Katian-lowest Hirnantian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; lithified limestone and lithified siltstone
• small sponge biostromes
• limestone breccia unit, 5-8 m thick, containing an intermixture of shallow-water coral limestone clasts and blocks of deeper-water dark-grey lime mudstones and wackestones with sponges; embedded in graptolitic and spiculitic siltstones and shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119501: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Hexactinellida | |
Liscombispongia nodosa n. gen. n. sp.
Liscombispongia nodosa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 glass sponge | |
Silicunculus bengtsoni n. sp., Chelispongia prima n. gen. n. sp.
Silicunculus bengtsoni n. sp. Webby and Trotter 1993 glass sponge
Chelispongia prima n. gen. n. sp. Webby and Trotter 1993 glass sponge | |
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Wongaspongia major Rigby and Webby 1988 glass sponge | |
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Pseudolancicula exigua Webby and Trotter 1993 glass sponge | |
Kalimnospongia pertusa n. gen. n. sp., Wareembaia concentrica n. gen. n. sp.
Kalimnospongia pertusa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 glass sponge
Wareembaia concentrica n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 glass sponge | |
Kometia cruciformis n. gen. n. sp.
Kometia cruciformis n. gen. n. sp. Webby and Trotter 1993 glass sponge | |
| Demospongiae | |
Fenestrospongia explanata n. gen. n. sp., ? Palmatohindia favosa n. sp., Palmatohindia multipora n. gen. n. sp., Palmatohindia cylindrica n. sp., Mamelohindia planata n. gen. n. sp., Arborohindia parva n. sp., Arborohindia uniforma n. gen. n. sp., Belubulaspongia gigantea n. gen. n. sp., Hindia sphaeroidalis
Fenestrospongia explanata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
? Palmatohindia favosa n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Palmatohindia multipora n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Palmatohindia cylindrica n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Mamelohindia planata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Arborohindia parva n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Arborohindia uniforma n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Belubulaspongia gigantea n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879 demosponge | |
Cliefdenospongia lamina n. gen. n. sp.
Cliefdenospongia lamina n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge | |
Psarodictyum crassum n. sp., Amplaspongia magnipora n. sp., Amplaspongia bulba n. gen. n. sp., Pseudopalmatohindia digitata n. gen. n. sp., Archaeoscyphia minganensis, Dunhillia tubula n. gen. n. sp., Dunhillia cribrata n. sp., Dunhillia apertura n. sp., Dunhillia multiporata n. sp., Patellispongia australis n. sp.
Psarodictyum crassum n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Amplaspongia magnipora n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Amplaspongia bulba n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Pseudopalmatohindia digitata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Archaeoscyphia minganensis Billings 1859 demosponge
Dunhillia tubula n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Dunhillia cribrata n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Dunhillia apertura n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Dunhillia multiporata n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Patellispongia australis n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge | |
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Aulocopium aurantium Oswald 1847 demosponge
Perissocoelia habra Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge | |
Lewinia complanata n. sp., Lewinia cavernosa n. gen. n. sp., Warrigalia robusta n. sp., Haplistion regularis n. sp., Taplowia ordinata n. gen. n. sp., Boonderooia spiculata n. gen. n. sp.
Lewinia complanata n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Lewinia cavernosa n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Warrigalia robusta n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Haplistion regularis n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Taplowia ordinata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge
Boonderooia spiculata n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Webby 1988 demosponge | |