The London Bridge limestone, Monaro district, New South Wales

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The London Bridge Limestone has been traced along its strike from a point five miles south-south-east of Queanbeyan to a point three miles south-east of Bredbo, a distance of forty miles. At London Bridge this formation attains its greatest development and a large-scale geological map of this area has been prepared. Fossil collections have been made from localities along this formation and the fauna has been examined. A description of the coral Pycnostylus ? sp. nov. is given. The stratigraphical position of this formation has been placed within the Wenlock Epoch, possibly within the Lower Wenlock.

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Title The London Bridge limestone, Monaro district, New South Wales
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cee48226-65b9-4b54-9791-18f385e82173
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The London Bridge limestone, Monaro district, New South Wales". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-london-bridge-limestone-monaro-district-new-south-wales