Minlaton-1 Parara Bemella communis zone Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.8° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 161.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Halkieria parva zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, gray, argillaceous wackestone

• dark grey nodular argillaceous wackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

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 96965: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum, Anabarella australis, "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
"Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Eccentrotheca guano Bengtson et al. 1990
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca, "Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca
Stoibostrombus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus sp. Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Archaeopetasus
  -
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trymatus Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Dailyatia ajax
  - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976