PBDB Collection

SYC-101 Parara Bemella communis zone Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 161.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bemella communis small shelly zone, Parara Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Halkieria parva zones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray packstone and lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray wackestone

• Dark grey nodular wackestone and skeletal packstone, commonly strongly biotrubated, becoming more light grey in the upper meters

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: D. I. Gravestock, E. M. Alexander, Y. E. Demidenko, N. V. Esakova, L. E. Holmer, J. B. Jago, T.-r. Lin, L. M. Melnikova, P. Yu Parkhaev, A. Yu Rozanov, G. T. Ushatinskaya, W.-l. Zang, E. A. Zhegallo and A. Yu Zhuravlev. 2001. The Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Stansbury Basin, South Australia. Russian Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute 282:1-344 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96959: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Eoobulus aff. viridis, Miniatonia tuckeri, Eodiscellomus elkaniliformis Eoobulus aff. viridis Miniatonia tuckeri Eodiscellomus elkaniliformis

Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae	Hyolithellus micans, Hyolithellus filiformis Hyolithellus micans Billings 1871 Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae	Torellella sp., Torellella explicata Torellella sp. Holm 1893 Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Siphonoconcha
Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae	Apistoconcha apheles, Aroonia seposita Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990 Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Archaeopetasus
-	Archaeopetasus excavatus Archaeopetasus excavatus
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
- Stoibostrombidae	Stoibostrombus crenulatus Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae	Chancelloria sp., Chancelloria racemifundis, Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica, Eremactis sp., Eremactis conara, Eremactis mawsoni, Archiasterella quadratina, Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina, Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina, Allonnia sp. 5, Allonnia sp. 7, Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora, "Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920 Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990 Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica Vassiljeva 1985 Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990 Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990 Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990 Archiasterella quadratina Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993 Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina Sdzuy 1969 Allonnia sp. 5 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia sp. 7 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 "Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis Qian 1989
Heteractinida
Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae	Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Hyolitha
Hyolithida -	Hyptiotheca karraculum, Parkula bounites Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990 Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	"Hyolithes" conularioides "Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae	? Microcornus sp., Microcornus sp., Microcornus petilus, Microcornus eximius ? Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 Microcornus eximius Duan 1984
Orthothecida -	"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca, "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca "Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
Orthothecida - Circothecidae	Conotheca australiensis Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae	Triplicatella disdoma Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Brachiopoda
Tommotiida -	Paterimitra pyramidalis Paterimitra pyramidalis Laurie 1986
Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae	Lapworthella fasciculata Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
-	Micrina etheridgei, Micrina pusilla Micrina etheridgei Tate 1892 Micrina pusilla Gravestock et al. 2001
Bivalvia
Fordillida - Fordillidae	Pojetaia runnegari Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Aculifera
- Halkieriidae	"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites "Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites

Sachitida -	Hippopharangites dailyi, "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
Helcionellida - Helcionellidae	Figurina figurina, Figurina capitata, Anabarella australis, "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana, Bemella communis, Anhuiconus microtuberus, "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Figurina figurina Parkhaev 2001 Figurina capitata Parkhaev 2001 Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990 "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984 Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001 Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984 "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae	"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata "Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
Helcionellida - Trenellidae	"Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata "Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata Missarzhevsky 1989
Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae	Pelagiella subangulata, Pelagiella madianensis Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
Microdictyon
-	Microdictyon depressum Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales -	Cambroclavus absonus Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990
Aetholicopalla
-	Aetholicopalla adnata Aetholicopalla adnata [entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Dailyatia ajax
- Kennardiidae	Dailyatia ajax Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976