MMF/56.4. Angorichina station, east side of The Bunkers, 1 km S Balcoracana Cr. (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as ~11 km east of Blinman

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.2° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 162.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pararaia bunyerooensis trilobite zone, Mernmerna Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wackestone and packstone

• predominantly wackestone and packestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: acetic

Primary reference: T. P. Topper, G. A. Brock, C. B. Skovsted and J. R. Paterson. 2009. Shelly fossils from the lower Cambrian Pararaia bunyerooensis Zone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:199-246 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172616: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.08.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• SAMP specimens
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unclassified
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Hyolithelmintha "tubes"
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria "sclerites"
Halkieria "sclerites" Poulsen 1967
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Pararaia bunyerooensis
Pararaia bunyerooensis Bengtson et al. 1990 trilobite
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria spp.
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish