ER−9 section, northern Elder Range, Wirrapowie Limestone (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.7° S, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 161.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Terreneuvian, Cambrian Stage 2, lower Atdabanian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• the Chace Range reaches a total thickness of 465 m and is dominated by massive, algal, mottled and ribboned carbonates.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. P. Topper, L. E. Holmer, C. B. Skovsted, G. A. Brock, U. Balthasar, C. M. Larsson, S. Petterson Stolk and D. A. T. Harper. 2013. The oldest brachiopods from the lower Cambrian of South Australia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1):93-109 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155987: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.05.2014

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Brachiopoda
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Micrina etheridgei