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

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.5° S, 117.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bemella communis small shelly zone, Parara Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.1 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

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Cambroclavus absonus
unclassified
  -
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
Microdictyon
  -
Microdictyon depressum
Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Brachiopoda
  -
Micrina etheridgei, Micrina pusilla
Micrina pusilla Gravestock et al. 2001
 Tommotiida -
Paterimitra pyramidalis
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
Hyolitha
 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
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" conularioides
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
? Microcornus sp., Microcornus sp., Microcornus eximius, Microcornus petilus
? Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Parkula bounites
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
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
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
"Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata
"Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata Missarzhevsky 1989
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis, Pelagiella subangulata
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
  - Helcionellidae
Anhuiconus microtuberus, Anabarella australis, Figurina capitata, Figurina figurina, Bemella communis, "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana, "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata
Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Figurina capitata Parkhaev 2001
Figurina figurina Parkhaev 2001
Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001
"Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
"Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis, Archiasterella quadratina, Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina, Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina, Allonnia sp. 5, Allonnia sp. 7, Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora, Eremactis sp., Eremactis mawsoni, Eremactis conara, Chancelloria sp., Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica, Chancelloria racemifundis
"Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis Qian 1989
Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993
Allonnia sp. 5 Doré and Reid 1965
Allonnia sp. 7 Doré and Reid 1965
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Archaeopetasus
  -
Archaeopetasus excavatus
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha apheles, Aroonia seposita
Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981