Also known as ~11 km east of Blinman
Where: South Australia, Australia (31.2° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 162.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pararaia bunyerooensis trilobite zone, Mernmerna Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: wackestone and packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original silica
Collection methods: acetic
Primary reference: T. P. Topper, G. A. Brock, C. B. Skovsted and J. R. Paterson. 2009. Shelly fossils from the lower Cambrian Pararaia bunyerooensis Zone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:199-246 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172616: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.08.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Brachiopoda | |
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
Aculifera | |
Halkieria "sclerites" Poulsen 1967 | |
Trilobita | |
Pararaia bunyerooensis Bengtson et al. 1990 trilobite | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish |