PBDB Collection

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

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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
Microdictyon
-	Microdictyon depressum Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
Helcionellida - Trenellidae	"Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata "Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata Missarzhevsky 1989
Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae	"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata "Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae	Pelagiella subangulata, Pelagiella madianensis Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
- Helcionellidae	Anabarella australis, "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana, "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata, Figurina capitata, Figurina figurina, Anhuiconus microtuberus, Bemella communis Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990 "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984 "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984 Figurina capitata Parkhaev 2001 Figurina figurina Parkhaev 2001 Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984 Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001

Sachitida -	"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva, Hippopharangites dailyi "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990 Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Aculifera
- Halkieriidae	"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites "Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
Bivalvia
Fordillida - Fordillidae	Pojetaia runnegari Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Hyolitha
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae	Triplicatella disdoma Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Orthothecida - Circothecidae	Conotheca australiensis Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Orthothecida -	"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca, "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca "Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
Hyolithida -	Hyptiotheca karraculum Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	"Hyolithes" conularioides "Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892
Hyolithida -	Parkula bounites Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
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
Brachiopoda
Tommotiida - Kennardiidae	Dailyatia ajax Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
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

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae	Torellella sp., Torellella explicata Torellella sp. Holm 1893 Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae	Hyolithellus micans, Hyolithellus filiformis Hyolithellus micans Billings 1871 Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Siphonoconcha
Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae	Aroonia seposita, Apistoconcha apheles Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990 Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
- Stoibostrombidae	Stoibostrombus crenulatus Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Archaeopetasus
-	Archaeopetasus excavatus Archaeopetasus excavatus
Coeloscleritophora
Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae	"Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis, Allonnia sp. 5, Allonnia sp. 7, Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora, Archiasterella quadratina, Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina, Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina, Chancelloria sp., Chancelloria racemifundis, Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica, Eremactis sp., Eremactis conara, Eremactis mawsoni "Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis Qian 1989 Allonnia sp. 5 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia sp. 7 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 Archiasterella quadratina Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993 Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina Sdzuy 1969 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
Heteractinida
Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae	Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Aetholicopalla
-	Aetholicopalla adnata Aetholicopalla adnata [entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales -	Cambroclavus absonus Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990