L146. Regans Creek, Checkers, SE of Cargo (Ordovician of Australia)

Also known as Was: Regans Creek Limestone Fm., Checkers Mbr, Cargo District, New South Wales, Austr

Where: New South Wales, Australia (33.5° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 176.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belodina confluens conodont zone, Checkers Member (Regans Creek Limestone Formation), Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

• Top of Ea2 given Percival et al. (2008_

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone

• Massive and thin-bedded limestone; middle shelf setting

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2754: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 17.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Several references covering biostratigraphy and systematics (articulates, corals, and stromatoporoids)
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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
"Tylambonites speciosa" = Chaganella speciosa
"Tylambonites speciosa" = Chaganella speciosa Percival 1991
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites isotes
Sowerbyites isotes Percival 1991
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Molongcola variabilis
Molongcola variabilis Percival 1991
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
Didymelasma sp.
 Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
? Cyclospira sp.
? Cyclospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
originally entered as "Cyclospira? sp."
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Australispira disticha
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira carinata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Ptychopleurella decretoria, Hesperorthis barbata
Hesperorthis barbata Percival 1991
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Phaceloorthis decoris
Phaceloorthis decoris Percival 1991
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Stictopora sp.
Stictopora sp. Hall 1847
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum sp.
Hillophyllum sp. Webby 1971 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Palaeophyllum sp.
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858 horn coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia sp.
Bajgolia sp. Dzyubo 1962 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp., Nyctopora sp.
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
Nyctopora sp. Nicholson 1879 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora sp.
Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris sp.
Coccoseris sp. Eichwald 1855 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp.
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Cystostroma sp., ? Pseudostylodictyon sp.
Cystostroma sp. Galloway and St Jean 1957 stromatoporoid sponge
? Pseudostylodictyon sp. Ozaki 1938 stromatoporoid sponge
originally entered as "Pseudostylodictyon? sp."
Tetradium
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Tetradium sp.
Tetradium sp. Dana 1846