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Fenestella Shales, New South Wales, Australia

Formation	Fenestella Shales
Age:	279 - 272 Ma Permian
Interval	Kungurian
Lithology	shale
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	22

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Branxton railway cutting	New South Wales, Australia	Fenestella Shales
Branxton west railway cutting	New South Wales, Australia	Fenestella Shales
Belford Parish	New South Wales, Australia	Fenestella Shales
Jump-Up Creek	New South Wales, Australia	Fenestella Shales
Jump-Up Creek	New South Wales, Australia	Fenestella Shales

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Fenestella Shale	279 - 272 Ma Permian	shale, "siliciclastic", sandstone/siltstone, sandstone, siltstone	76

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Fenestella canthariformis species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Fenestella : *Fenestella canthariformis*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Fenestella dispersa species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Fenestella : *Fenestella dispersa*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Laxifenestella exserta species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Laxifenestella : *Laxifenestella exserta*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Levifenestella altacarinata species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Levifenestella : *Levifenestella altacarinata*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Rectifenestella granulifera species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Rectifenestella : *Rectifenestella granulifera*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Polypora montuosa species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Polyporidae : Polypora : *Polypora montuosa*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Polypora multinodata species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Polypora : *Polypora multinodata*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Polypora virga species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Fenestellidae : Polypora : *Polypora virga*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Polyporella woodsi species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Polyporidae : Polyporella : *Polyporella woodsi*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Shulgapora linea species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Septoporidae : Shulgapora : *Shulgapora linea*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Shulgapora magnafenestrata species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida : Septoporidae : Shulgapora : *Shulgapora magnafenestrata*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Stenopora rugosa species	7	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Trepostomatida : Stenoporidae : Stenopora : *Stenopora rugosa*	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Blastoidea subclass	3.3	Animalia : Echinodermata : Blastoidea	279.3 - 272.3 Ma Permian
Tricoelocrinus belfordi species	7	Animalia : Echinodermata : Spiraculata : Tricoelocrinus : *Tricoelocrinus belfordi*	279.3 - 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. M. (1943) Permian Bryozoa of eastern Australia, part III: Batostomellidae and Fenestrellinidae from Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 76, 258-267

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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