Watts, Babbinboon (Carboniferous of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (27.8° S, 151.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 144.0° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• No formation name given in this reference. The Group designation is 'Burindi.'

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, black, green siltstone and grainstone

• the fossiliferous beds are well-bedded siltstones ~30 ft. thick...underlain by greenish-black mudstones...section is capped by an oolitic limestone 8-10 ft thick.

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1957. A lower Carboniferous brachiopod-coral fauna from New South Wales. Journal of Paleontology 31(1):34-98 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5615: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 04.11.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp., Dictyoclostus simplex n. sp., Dictyoclostus paradoxus n. sp.
Dictyoclostus simplex n. sp. Campbell 1957
Dictyoclostus paradoxus n. sp. Campbell 1957
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus gradatus, Waagenoconcha delicatula
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Werriea australis n. gen. n. sp.
Werriea australis n. gen. n. sp. Campbell 1957
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella pseudoseptata n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes careyi n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
? Rugosochonetes werriensis n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia cf. analoga
Leptagonia cf. analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Ectochoristites wattsi n. gen. n. sp., Unispirifer striatoconvolutus n. gen.
Ectochoristites wattsi n. gen. n. sp.
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris pseudovalis n. sp.
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Strophopleura anterosa n. sp.
 Athyridida - Retziidae
? Eumetria mona n. sp.
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Asyrinxia lata n. gen.
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Tetracameridae
Tetracamera cf. subtrigona
Tetracamera cf. subtrigona Meek and Worthen 1860
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Pugnax minutus n. sp.
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Balanoconcha elliptica n. gen. n. sp.
Balanoconcha elliptica n. gen. n. sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. resupinata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella australis, Rhipidomella myosa n. sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion columnare, Lithostrotion voiseyi n. sp.
Lithostrotion voiseyi n. sp. horn coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum sumphuens