Where: South Australia, Australia (35.6° S, 137.5° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 161.2° W)
When: Cambrian Stage 4 (Series 2) zone, Rouge Mudstone Member (Marsden Sandstone Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous shale
•The Lagerstätte occurs within dark grey to black laminated micaceous mudstone facies, some of which show evidence of syndepositional disturbance.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ)
Primary reference: J. G. Gehling, J. B. Jago, J. R. Paterson, D. C. García-Bellido, and G. D. Edgecombe. 2011. The geological context of the Lower Cambrian (Series 2) Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte and adjacent stratigraphic units, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(3):243-257 [M. Smith/M. Smith]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187498: authorized by Martin Smith, entered by Martin Smith on 31.07.2017, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Nectocaris pteryx | |
"Vetustovermis planus" = Nectocaris pteryx3
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Demospongiae | |
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Rotadiscidae | |
Rotadiscidae indet.1 Dzik 1991 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria indet.1 Walcott 1920 | |
Lingulata | |
Botsfordiidae indet.1 Schindewolf 1955
Diandongia sp.1 Rong 1974 | |
Eoobolidae indet.1 Holmer et al. 1996 | |
Megacheira | |
Oestokerkus megacholix1 Edgecombe et al. 2011 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Isoxys communis2 Glaessner 1979 | |
Artiopoda | |
Squamacula buckorum1 Paterson et al. 2012 | |
Trilobita | |
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Artiopoda | |
Australimicola spriggi1 Paterson et al. 2012 | |
Xandarella indet.2 Hou et al. 1991 | |
Kangacaris zhangi1 Paterson et al. 2010
Emucaris fava1 Paterson et al. 2010 | |
Tanglangia | |
Tuzoia sp.2 Walcott 1912
Tuzoia australis2 Glaessner 1979 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
"Palaeoscolex antiquus" = Wronascolex antiquus2 García-Bellido et al. 2013
Wronascolex iacoborum1 García-Bellido et al. 2013 | |
Vetulicolida | |
Nesonektris aldridgei1 García-Bellido et al. 2014 |