Cliefden Caves: Eastonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Austraphylloporina sp.
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Cliefdenoceras sp.
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Styginidae
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Eokosovopeltis sp.
Pribyl and Vanek 1972
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Pliomerina sp.
Chugaeva 1956
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Remopleurididae
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Remopleurides sp.
Portlock 1843
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Pseudobasilicus sp.
Reed 1930
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Lingulata
- Trimerellida
- Trimerellidae
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Eodinobolus sp.
Rowell 1963
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula sp.
Bruguiére 1797
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Quondogia sp.
(Percival 1991)
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Protozygidae
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Protozyga sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomata
- Trematoporidae
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Batostoma sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Rhinidictyidae
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Stictopora sp.
Hall 1847
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Monticuliporidae
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Prasopora sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1877
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Homotrypa sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Proteoceratidae
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? Gorbyoceras sp.
Shimizu and Obata 1935
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Cephalopoda
- Dissidocerida
- Troedssonellidae
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Troedssonella sp.
Kobayashi 1935
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
- Coccoserididae
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Coccoseris sp.
Eichwald 1855
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Anthozoa
- Heliolitida
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Pragnellia sp.
Leith 1952
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Anthozoa
- Sarcinulida
- Billingsariidae
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? Billingsaria sp.
Okulitch 1936
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Bajgoliidae
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Bajgolia sp.
Dzyubo 1962
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Anthozoa
- Lichenariida
- Lyoporidae
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Eofletcheria sp.
Bassler 1950
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Nyctopora sp.
Nicholson 1879
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Tryplasmatidae
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Hillophyllum sp.
Webby 1971
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Labechiidae
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Stratodictyon sp.
Webby 1969
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Labechiella sp.
Yabe
and Sugiyama 1930
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Stromatoporoidea
- Labechiida
- Stromatoceriidae
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Cystistroma sp.
Etheridge 1895
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unclassified
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Tetradium sp.
Dana 1846
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° South, 148.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.0° North, 176.7° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late 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 - 449 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cliefden Caves | Formation: | Fossil Hill Limestone | Member: | Kalimna Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Conodont zonation from Zhen, Webby & Barnes (1999). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "carbonate" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | sand shoal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fossil Hill Fm, Kalimna Limest Mbr, Cliefden Caves, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Database number: | 2707 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-15 07:52:55 | Last modified: | 2018-05-09 11:08:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-15 07:52:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 87. | B. D. Webby. 1992. Ordovician island biotas: New South Wales record and global implications. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 125:51-77 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement] |