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

Where: New South Wales, Australia (30.9° S, 150.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° S, 154.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mostyn Vale Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 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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unclassified
-	Scutula bipennata Scutula bipennata
Conodonta
Conodontophorida -	Ancyrognathus ancyrognathoideus, Ancyrognathus asymmetricus, Ancyrognathus ubiquitus Ancyrognathus ancyrognathoideus conodont Ancyrognathus asymmetricus conodont Ancyrognathus ubiquitus conodont
Conodontophorida - Icriodontidae	Icriodus symmetricus, Icriodus alternatus, Icriodus expansus, Icriodus subterminus Icriodus symmetricus conodont Icriodus alternatus conodont Icriodus expansus conodont Icriodus subterminus conodont
Conodontophorida -	Ancyrodella nodosa, Ancyrodella lobata, Ancyrodella curvata Ancyrodella nodosa conodont Ancyrodella lobata conodont Ancyrodella curvata conodont
Conodontophorida - Hibbardellidae	Delotaxis sp. Delotaxis sp. Klapper and Philip 1971 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae	Palmatolepis sp., Palmatolepis gigas, Palmatolepis bogartensis, Palmatolepis winchelli, Palmatolepis linguiformis, Palmatolepis praetriangularis, Palmatolepis cf. prominens Palmatolepis sp. Müller 1956 conodont Palmatolepis gigas conodont originally entered as 'Palmatolepis "gigas"' Palmatolepis bogartensis conodont Palmatolepis winchelli conodont Palmatolepis linguiformis conodont Palmatolepis praetriangularis conodont Palmatolepis cf. prominens conodont
Ozarkodinida -	Ozarkodina spp. Ozarkodina spp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae	Polygnathus aequalis, Polygnathus "sp. A", Polygnathus decorosus, Polygnathus ? brevicarina, Polygnathus morgani, Polygnathus webbi, Polygnathus churkini, Polygnathus ? glaber Polygnathus aequalis conodont Polygnathus "sp. A" Hinde 1879 conodont Polygnathus decorosus conodont Polygnathus ? brevicarina conodont Polygnathus morgani conodont Polygnathus webbi conodont Polygnathus churkini conodont Polygnathus ? glaber conodont
- Strachanognathidae	Belodella sp. Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
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 - Disphyllidae	Hexagonaria davidsoni, Temnophyllum "sp. indet. B", cf. Temnophyllum menyouense Hexagonaria davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral Temnophyllum "sp. indet. B" Walther 1928 horn coral cf. Temnophyllum menyouense Hill and Jell 1970 horn coral originally entered as "Piceaphyllum cf. Temnophyllum menyouense"
Stauriida - Columnariidae	Columnaria jenkinsi n. sp. Columnaria jenkinsi n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae	Scruttonia sp., Scruttonia "sp. indet. E", Kuangxiastraea hillae n. sp., Thamnophyllum cf. hollardi, Phillipsastrea kolepia n. sp., Phillipsastrea "sp. indet. D" Scruttonia sp. Cherepnina 1974 horn coral sp. nov. Scruttonia "sp. indet. E" Cherepnina 1974 horn coral Kuangxiastraea hillae n. sp. horn coral Thamnophyllum cf. hollardi horn coral Phillipsastrea kolepia n. sp. horn coral Phillipsastrea "sp. indet. D" d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
Rugosa -	? Pantophyllum voiseyi n. sp., Pantophyllum sp., Pantophyllum "sp. indet. C" ? Pantophyllum voiseyi n. sp. horn coral Pantophyllum sp. horn coral sp. nov.? Pantophyllum "sp. indet. C" horn coral