Ediacara Range (Ediacaran of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.9° S, 138.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Sea other zone, Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 538.8 Ma)

• Older papers put this in Pound Quartzite, which is now a subgroup.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, white sandstone

• See Gehling, J. G. 2000. Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia. Precambrian Research 100:65-95.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• Museum repository: South Australian Museum (SAM)

Primary reference: J. G. Gehling. 1988. A cnidarian of actinian-grade from the Ediacaran Pound Subgroup, South Australia. Alcheringa 12:299-314 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89842: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 15.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia costata2 Sprigg 1947
Dickinsonia tenuis n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Dickinsonia elongata n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Triradialomorpha -
Tribrachidium heraldicum2 Glaessner 1959
Cephalozoa
  -
Spriggina floundersi2 Glaessner 1958
? Spriggina ovata n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Praecambridium sigillum n. gen. n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Marywadea ovata1 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Ediacara Hlls
Ovatoscutum concentricum2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Tetraradialomorpha -
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp.2
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Arboreomorpha -
Arborea arborea2, "Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa2
Arborea arborea2 Glaessner 1959
"Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Eumetazoa
 Rangeomorpha -
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis2
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Aspidella terranovica
  -
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica2, "Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica2, "Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica2, "Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica2, "Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica2
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica2 Billings 1872
"Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica2 Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica2 Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica2 Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica2 Billings 1872
Medusinites asteroides
  -
Medusae
  -
Lorenzinites rarus n. gen. n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
Mawsonites
  -
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp.2
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp.2
Inaria karli
  -
Inaria karli Gehling 1988
Rugoconites enigmaticus
  -
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.2
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Kimberellomorpha -
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp.2
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp.2 Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Bilaterialomorpha -
 Erniettomorpha -