Fossil Hill, Cliefden Caves: Eastonian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tetradium cribriforme
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Hillophyllum priscum
originally entered as "Hillophylum sp."
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Bajgoliidae
Bajgolia informal sp. 1 Dzyubo 1962
"sp. 1" - originally entered as "Bajgolia sp. 1"
Bajgolia informal sp. 2 Dzyubo 1962
"sp. 2" - originally entered as "Bajgolia sp. 2"
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris sp. Eichwald 1855
Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Eofletcheria sp. Bassler 1950
originally entered as "Eofleicheria sp."
Nyctopora sp. Nicholson 1879
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Eokosovopeltis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1972
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Pseudobasilicus sp. Reed 1930
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerina prima
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
originally entered as "Leptillina sp."
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Sowerbyites sp. Teichert 1937
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Trigrammaria sp. Wilson 1945
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Protozyga sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Septatrypa sp. Kozlowski 1929
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites sp. Le Sueur 1818
unclassified
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:New South Wales
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 149.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.3° North, 176.7° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Caradoc
*International age/stage:Costonian - Harnagian *Local age/stage:Gisbornian
Key time interval:Eastonian Conodont zone: Taoqupognathus philipi
Age range of interval:452.00000 - 449.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cliefden Caves Formation:Fossil Hill Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Fauna from several members - the Kalimna, Lower Wyoming, and Dunhill Bluff Limestone Members, all of the Cliefden Caves Limestone Formation; sometimes given as individual formations of the Cliefden Caves Limestone Group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: packstone
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: Lithology is lime mudstone and wackestone/packstone; Environment described as high diversity fauna in offshore mud zone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cliefden Caves Orthide - Strophomenide community, New South Wales, Australia
Database number:2648
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-14 07:05:16 Last modified:2018-10-04 21:42:09
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-14 07:05:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
76. B. D. Webby and I. G. Percival. 1983. Ordovician Trimerrillacean brachiopod shell beds. Lethaia 16(3):215-232 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]