Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW (Devonian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (35.0° S, 148.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 173.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Receptaculites Limestone Member (Taemas Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Upper part of Receptaculites Lst.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone and shelly/skeletal grainstone

• Generally shallow tropical interpretation.
• "The 'Receptaculites' Lst consists of a series of well-bedded to massive ilmestones that are predominantly sparse or packed biomicrites, but range from micrite to sorted biosparite."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: B. D. E. Chatterton. 1973. Brachiopods of the Murrumbidgee Group, Taemas, New South Wales. Bulletin, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics of Australia 137:1-146 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39884: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 10.06.2004, edited by Melanie Hopkins

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Focus of monograph is on brachiopods. Trilobites are also reported for Assemblages A and B at locality A; fully described in Chatterton 1971 (secondary reference).
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Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops australis n. sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
Eoglossinotoechia linki n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax" oepiki n. sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Browneella browneae n. gen. n. sp.
Browneella browneae n. gen. n. sp.
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella aff. textilis, Delthyris hudsoni n. sp.
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
"Cyrtinopsis aff. cooperi" = Megakozlowskiella cooperi
"Cyrtinopsis aff. cooperi" = Megakozlowskiella cooperi Gill 1952
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
Quadrithyrina sp.
Quadrithyrina sp. Havlicek 1959
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambothyris runnegari n. sp.
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Howittia multiplicata, Howittia howitti
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa penelopeae n. sp.
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira dayi n. sp.
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina aff. wellingtonensis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Aulacella stormeri n. sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
"Cymidia robertsi n. gen. n. sp." = Cydimia, Micidus shandkyddi n. gen. n. sp., ? Micidus glaber n. sp., Adrenia cernua n. gen. n. sp., Adrenia expansa n. gen. n. sp.
"Cymidia robertsi n. gen. n. sp." = Cydimia
Micidus shandkyddi n. gen. n. sp.
Adrenia cernua n. gen. n. sp.
Adrenia expansa n. gen. n. sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
"Mesodouvillina (Protocymostrophia) dickinsi" = Cymostrophia (Protocymostrophia)1, Malurostrophia minima n. sp., Malurostrophia aura n. sp.
"Mesodouvillina (Protocymostrophia) dickinsi" = Cymostrophia (Protocymostrophia)1
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes latus n. sp.
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Eoschuchertella murphyi1
Eoschuchertella murphyi1
Schuchertella per Chatterton
Trilobita
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi n. sp." = Maurotarion struszi2
"Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi n. sp." = Maurotarion struszi2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus (Proetus) talenti" = Proetus (Devonoproetus) talenti2
"Proetus (Proetus) talenti" = Proetus (Devonoproetus) talenti2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
juveniles only
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutellum calvum n. sp.2, Dentaloscutellum hudsoni n. sp.2
Scutellum calvum n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
Dentaloscutellum hudsoni n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Ceratocephala vexilla n. sp.2, Primaspis (Taemasaspis) campbelli2, Xanionurus bispinosus n. sp.2
Ceratocephala vexilla n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
Primaspis (Taemasaspis) campbelli2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
juveniles only
Xanionurus bispinosus n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida" = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida2
"Acanthopyge (Mephiarges) bifida" = Acanthopyge (Jasperia) bifida2 Edgell 1955 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene quadrilobata2
Gravicalymene quadrilobata2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops spedeni n. sp.2
Phacops spedeni n. sp.2 Chatterton 1971 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Spinella yassensis
1Brock and Talent 1993; 2Chatterton 1971