Arrowie Syncline, Moro section, Sample 792.7: Tommotian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Jiucunella phaseloa n. sp.
5 specimens
Bradoriida
Sinskolutella cuspidata
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 30.7° South, 139.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.1° North, 160.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Early/Lower Cambrian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2
Key time interval:Tommotian
Age range of interval:530.00000 - 520.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wilkawillina Limestone Member:Winnitinny Creek
Local section:Moro Local bed:608.7 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Terreneuvian, Stage 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: succession of massive carbonate, bioclastic grainstones alternating with micritic and microbial laminated carbonates.135 m thick and suggests a rapid change in depositional environment from a moderate to high energy, shallow water biohermal platform to a more restricted, low energy, intrashelf, and possibly slightly deeper lagoonal environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:155250
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-04-03 03:53:28 Last modified:2018-11-18 12:27:03
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-07-03 03:53:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

50621. M. Betts, T. P. Topper, J. L. Valentine, C. B. Skovsted, J. R. Paterson and G. A. Brock. 2014. A new early Cambrian bradoriid (Arthropoda) assemblage from the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Gondwana Research 25(1):420-437 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]