Cliefden Caves (Ordovician to of Australia)

Also known as Fossil Hill Fm, Dunhill Bluffs Limest Mbr, Cliefden Caves, New South Wales, Aust

Where: New South Wales, Australia (34.0° S, 148.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 178.8° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dunhill Bluff Member (Fossil Hill Limestone Formation), Gisbornian to Gisbornian (458.4 - 457.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous siltstone and limestone

• Calcareous siltstone capping thin-bedded, bioclastic limestone with shaly partings

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. D. Webby. 1992. Ordovician island biotas: New South Wales record and global implications. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 125:51-77 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2708: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 15.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Austraphylloporina sp., Cliefdenoceras sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Craniata
 Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Eodinobolus sp.
Eodinobolus sp. Rowell 1963
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
"Wiradjuriella sp." = Mabella
"Wiradjuriella sp." = Mabella Klenina 1984
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
"Tylambonites sp." = Chaganella, Anoptambonites sp.
"Tylambonites sp." = Chaganella
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites sp.
Sowerbyites sp. Teichert 1937
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Webbyspira sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp.
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp.
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Monotrypella sp., Discotrypa sp.
Discotrypa sp.
originally entered as "Dyscotrypa sp."
 Trepostomida - Monticuliporidae
Prasopora sp., Homotrypa sp.
Prasopora sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
Homotrypa sp. Ulrich 1882
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae
Hallopora sp.
Hallopora sp. Bassler 1911
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp.
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites sp., Paradiscoceras sp.
Trocholites sp. Conrad 1838
Paradiscoceras sp. Barskov 1972
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
? Gorbyoceras sp.
? Gorbyoceras sp. Shimizu and Obata 1935
originally entered as "Gorbyoceras? sp."
 Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae
Troedssonella sp.
Troedssonella sp. Kobayashi 1935
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospiridae indet.
Lophospiridae indet. Wenz 1938 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites sp.
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818 snail
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eokosovopeltis sp.
Eokosovopeltis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1972 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina sp.
Pliomerina sp. Chugaeva 1956 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Pseudobasilicus sp.
Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp.
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum sp.
Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Saffordophyllum sp.
Saffordophyllum sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp.
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lichenariidae
Lichenaria sp.
Lichenaria sp. Winchell and Schuchert 1895 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp., Nyctopora sp.
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
Nyctopora sp. Nicholson 1879 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris sp., Acidolites sp.
Coccoseris sp. Eichwald 1855 tabulate coral
Acidolites sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechiella sp.
Labechiella sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1930 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Rosenella sp.
Rosenella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Cystistroma sp.
Cystistroma sp. Etheridge 1895 stromatoporoid sponge
Tetradium
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Tetradium sp.
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846