Wilkawillina Gorge buildups 2, Flinders Ranges (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1765

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.3° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 161.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wilkawillina Limestone Formation (Hawker Group), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• faunal assemblage 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• isolated bioherms to complexes of bioherms, 8-10 m in length and 3-5 m thick, archaeocyath-Renalcis boundstones with areas of Epiphyton-archaeocyath intergrowths

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. I. Gravestock. 1984. Archaeocyatha from lower parts of the Lower Cambrian carbonate sequence in South Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 2:1-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81171: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus vestitus
Coscinocyathus vestitus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus alternus, "Ardrossacyathus grandis" = Neoloculicyathus grandis
Loculicyathus alternus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
"Ardrossacyathus grandis" = Neoloculicyathus grandis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
? Agastrocyathus araneosus n. sp., Spirillicyathus tenuis, Copleicyathus confertus
? Agastrocyathus araneosus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Spirillicyathus tenuis archaeocyath sponge
Copleicyathus confertus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Jugalicyathidae
Jugalicyathus tardus
Jugalicyathus tardus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Metacyathidae
Metaldetes dissepimentalis, Metaldetes ferulae n. sp., Metaldetes incohatus
Metaldetes dissepimentalis archaeocyath sponge
Metaldetes ferulae n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Metaldetes incohatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Beltanacyathidae
"Fridaycyathus biserialis" = Beltanacyathus biserialis
"Fridaycyathus biserialis" = Beltanacyathus biserialis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Pycnoidocyathus cribrus n. sp.
Pycnoidocyathus cribrus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Prethmophyllum cyclopeum n. sp., Prethmophyllum caecum, "? Loculicyathus racemiferus n. sp." = Davidicyathus racemiferus
Prethmophyllum cyclopeum n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Prethmophyllum caecum Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus n. sp." = Davidicyathus racemiferus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Gordonicyathus systylus n. sp., Gordonicyathus pledgei
Gordonicyathus systylus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus pledgei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
"Joanaecyathus cupulosus" = Dailycyathus cupulosus
"Joanaecyathus cupulosus" = Dailycyathus cupulosus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
? Tumulocyathus transitus n. sp.
? Tumulocyathus transitus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus genuinus
Dokidocyathus genuinus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida -
Somphocyathus coralloides
Somphocyathus coralloides archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Veronicacyathidae
Veronicacyathus radiatus n. sp.
Veronicacyathus radiatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Polycoscinidae
Erugatocyathus aquilinus, Erugatocyathus oppositus, Erugatocyathus madigani, Erugatocyathus inflexus
Erugatocyathus aquilinus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Erugatocyathus oppositus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Erugatocyathus madigani Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Erugatocyathus inflexus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932