PBDB Collection

Mostyn Vale Fmn corals and conodonts, Keepit, NSW (Devonian of Australia)

Where: New South Wales, Australia (30.9° S, 150.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 25.6° S, 142.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mostyn Vale Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (375.2 - 372.1 Ma)

• Conodonts indicate Ancyrognathus triangularis, lower Pa. gigas; probably upper Pa. gigas; and uppermost Pa. gigas (Pa. linguiformis) zones. Corals from allochthonous blocks. Late to latest Frasnian age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous limestone

• Interpretation of limestone blocks is as shallow water deposits that are allochthonous, having been transported from the west into a fore-arc basin. Bedding in limestones discordant with that of enclosing strata. Indicators of shallow-water origin include birdseye textures, rare gypsum, Stromatacthis, calcite spar in voids, encrusting stromatoporoids, and algae.

• [Allochthonous Lst blocks in pebbly sandstone to conglomerate and pebbly mudstone, volcanic breccia, volcanis flows and agglomerates, and interbedded mudstone, siltstone,tuff, greywacke and breccia.

Primary reference: A. J. Wright, J. W. Pickett, D. Sewell, J. Roberts, and T. B. H. Jenkins. 1990. Corals and conodonts from the Late Devonian Mostyn Vale Formation, Keepit, New South Wales. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists [J.A. Jell, ed. Devonian and Carboniferous coral studies] 10:211-254 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40006: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 14.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Scutula bipennata Scutula bipennata
Cyclostomata
Conodontophorida - Hibbardellidae	Delotaxis sp. Delotaxis sp. Klapper and Philip 1971
Conodonta
Belodellida - Belodellidae	Belodella sp. Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae	Icriodus alternatus, Icriodus expansus, Icriodus symmetricus, Icriodus subterminus Icriodus alternatus conodont Icriodus expansus Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont Icriodus subterminus Youngquist 1947 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae	Polygnathus aequalis, Polygnathus "sp. A", Polygnathus ? brevicarina, Polygnathus morgani, Polygnathus churkini, Polygnathus ? glaber, Polygnathus webbi, "Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa, Ancyrognathus ancyrognathoideus, Ancyrognathus asymmetricus, Ancyrognathus ubiquitus, Ancyrodella lobata, Ancyrodella nodosa, Ancyrodella curvata Polygnathus aequalis conodont Polygnathus "sp. A" Hinde 1879 conodont Polygnathus ? brevicarina conodont Polygnathus morgani conodont Polygnathus churkini conodont Polygnathus ? glaber conodont Polygnathus webbi Stauffer 1938 conodont "Polygnathus decorosus" = Polygnathus decorosa Stauffer 1938 conodont Ancyrognathus ancyrognathoideus conodont Ancyrognathus asymmetricus conodont Ancyrognathus ubiquitus conodont Ancyrodella lobata conodont Ancyrodella nodosa Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont Ancyrodella curvata Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
Ozarkodinida -	Ozarkodina spp. Ozarkodina spp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae	Palmatolepis sp., Palmatolepis bogartensis, Palmatolepis winchelli, Palmatolepis linguiformis, Palmatolepis praetriangularis, Palmatolepis cf. prominens, Palmatolepis gigas Palmatolepis sp. Müller 1956 conodont Palmatolepis bogartensis conodont Palmatolepis winchelli conodont Palmatolepis linguiformis conodont Palmatolepis praetriangularis conodont Palmatolepis cf. prominens conodont Palmatolepis gigas Miller and Youngquist 1947 conodont originally entered as 'Palmatolepis "gigas"'
Anthozoa
Rugosa -	Mixogonaria (Mixogonaria) mostynensis n. sp. Mixogonaria (Mixogonaria) mostynensis n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae	Smithiphyllum keepitense n. sp., Smithiphyllum bensoni n. sp., Smithiphyllum "sp. indet. A", Tabulophyllum cf. normale, Tabulophyllum cf. brevissimum, Tabulophyllum cf. traversense Smithiphyllum keepitense n. sp. horn coral Smithiphyllum bensoni n. sp. horn coral Smithiphyllum "sp. indet. A" Birenheide 1962 horn coral Tabulophyllum cf. normale horn coral Tabulophyllum cf. brevissimum horn coral Tabulophyllum cf. traversense horn coral
Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae	Thamnophyllum cf. hollardi, Phillipsastrea kolepia n. sp., Phillipsastrea "sp. indet. D", Kuangxiastraea hillae n. sp., "Scruttonia sp." = Frechastraea, "Scruttonia "sp. indet. E"" = Frechastraea Thamnophyllum cf. hollardi horn coral Phillipsastrea kolepia n. sp. horn coral Phillipsastrea "sp. indet. D" d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral Kuangxiastraea hillae n. sp. horn coral "Scruttonia sp." = Frechastraea Scrutton 1968 horn coral sp. nov. "Scruttonia "sp. indet. E"" = Frechastraea Scrutton 1968 horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	"cf. Temnophyllum menyouense" = Aristophyllum menyouense, Columnaria jenkinsi n. sp., ? Pantophyllum voiseyi n. sp., Pantophyllum sp., Pantophyllum "sp. indet. C", Hexagonaria davidsoni "cf. Temnophyllum menyouense" = Aristophyllum menyouense Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral originally entered as "Piceaphyllum cf. Temnophyllum menyouense" Columnaria jenkinsi n. sp. horn coral ? Pantophyllum voiseyi n. sp. horn coral Pantophyllum sp. Lakhov 1982 horn coral sp. nov.? Pantophyllum "sp. indet. C" Lakhov 1982 horn coral Hexagonaria davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Rugosa - Charactophyllidae	Temnophyllum "sp. indet. B" Temnophyllum "sp. indet. B" Walther 1928 horn coral