Mount Scott Range, Tor Herm (section N), Epiphyton-archaeocyath bioherms (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1766

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 162.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ajax Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• upper faunal assemblage 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• intrashelf depression
• isolated bioherms, 2-3 m across and 2 m high, largest bioherm 5 x 5 m, with surrounding coarse-grained bioclastic sediments

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 81173: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.1 Bornemann 1886
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus vestitus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
"Ardrossacyathus grandis n. sp." = Neoloculicyathus grandis
"Ardrossacyathus grandis n. sp." = Neoloculicyathus grandis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Jugalicyathidae
Jugalicyathus tardus n. gen. n. sp.
Jugalicyathus tardus n. gen. n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Metacyathidae
Metaldetes gracilis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Metaldetes incohatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Pycnoidocyathus amplus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Gordonicyathus levis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus pledgei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Veronicacyathidae
Veronicacyathus radiatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Polycoscinidae
Erugatocyathus tatei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Erugatocyathus oppositus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Cryptotretidae
Askepasma toddense2 Laurie 1986