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Gordon - Gordon Limestone, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Group	Gordon
Formation	Gordon Limestone
Age:	456 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Interval	Eastonian
Lithology	limestone, "shale"
Number of Collections	5
Number of Occurrences	16

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Locality 75. QML 901. Zeehan Smelters Quarry	West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Gordon - Gordon Limestone
Locality 74. Bubs hill	West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia	Gordon - Gordon Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Gordon	456 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	limestone	5

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Styginidae : Eokosovopeltis : *Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ceraurinella oepiki species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Ceraurinella : *Ceraurinella oepiki*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pliomerina trisulcata species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Pliomerina : *Pliomerina trisulcata*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyrtodontula sohli species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Cyrtodontula : *Cyrtodontula sohli*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ambonychia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : *Ambonychia*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Zeehania jacksoni species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Zeehania : *Zeehania jacksoni*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Deceptrix banksi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Deceptrix : *Deceptrix banksi*	460.9 - 456.1 Ma Ordovician
Inaequidens davisi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Inaequidens : *Inaequidens davisi*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Fidera maryae species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Praenuculidae : Fidera : *Fidera maryae*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ctenodonta macalesteri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solemyida : Ctenodontidae : Ctenodonta : *Ctenodonta macalesteri*	460.9 - 456.1 Ma Ordovician
Pojetaconcha townleyi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Bransoniidae : Pojetaconcha : *Pojetaconcha townleyi*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Euchasma colliveri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Eopteriidae : Euchasma : *Euchasma colliveri*	456.1 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

References

Pojeta J., Gilbert-Tomlinson J. (1977) Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174, 1-64

Edgecombe G. D., Banks M. R., et al (1999) Upper Ordovician Phacopida (Trilobita) from Tasmania, Alcheringa 23 4, 235-257 doi:10.1080/03115519908527808

Cook A. G., Camilleri N. (2001) Additions to the rostroconch fauna of Australia and China, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46 2, 401-407

Edgecombe G. D., Banks M. R., et al (2007) Late Ordovician trilobites from Tasmania: Styginidae, Asaphidae and Lichidae, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 30, 59-77

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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