Arrowie Syncline, Moro section, sample 1081.0 offset (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.7° S, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 161.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wirrapowie Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

• 139 m thick in the Moro section and is characterised by fine-grained ribbon limestones, interpreted to have been deposited in a sheltered lagoonal environment. The lack of cross-beds, desiccation mudcracks or detrital material suggests that this environment remained mostly submerged and stable

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155231: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.04.2014

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 Bradoriida -
Sinskolutella cuspidata n. sp.
Sinskolutella cuspidata n. sp.
more than 100 specimens