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Branxton west railway cutting, New South Wales, Australia

Lat/Long (Decimal)-32.66,151.337
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNew South Wales, Australia
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)New South Wales, Australia

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Branxton west railway cuttingCrockford J. M. (1941)Fenestella Shales"shale"279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Railway cutting west of BranxtonCrockford J. M., Brown I. A. (1940)Fenestella Shales"shale"279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Levifenestella altacarinata
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Levifenestella : Levifenestella altacarinata279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Rectifenestella granulifera
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Rectifenestella : Rectifenestella granulifera279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Polypora montuosa
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Polyporidae : Polypora : Polypora montuosa279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Polypora virga
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Polypora : Polypora virga279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Shulgapora linea
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Septoporidae : Shulgapora : Shulgapora linea279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Shulgapora magnafenestrata
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Septoporidae : Shulgapora : Shulgapora magnafenestrata279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Stenopora rugosa
species
Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Stenoporidae : Stenopora : Stenopora rugosa279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian
Blastoidea
subclass
Animalia : Echinodermata : Blastoidea279.3 - 272.3 Ma
Permian

References

Crockford J. M., Brown I. A. (1940) A Permian blastoid from Belford, New South Wales, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65, 167-170
Crockford J. M. (1941) Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part I: a description of some previously-named species of Fenestrellinidae (Fenestellidae), Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 74, 397-418
Crockford J. M. (1941) Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part II: new species from the Upper Marine Series of New South Wales, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 74, 502-519
Crockford J. (1945) Stenoporids from the Permian of New South Wales and Tasmania, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70, 9-24
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