Where: South Australia, Australia (31.0° S, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 165.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: White Sea other zone, Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Museum repository: South Australian Museum (SAM)
Primary reference: J. G. Gehling and M. L. Droser. 2013. How well do fossil assemblages of the Ediacara Biota tell time?. Geology 41(4):447-450 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191904: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Palaeopascichnus | |
Palaeopascichnus sp. Palij 1976 | |
Pteridinium sp. Gürich 1930 | |
Cephalozoa | |
Spriggina sp. Glaessner 1958 | |
Rangea sp. Gurich 1930 | |
Charnia | |
Charnia sp. Ford 1958 | |
Palaeophragmodictya | |
Coronacollina acula | |
Coronacollina acula Clites et al. 2012 | |
Rugoconites | |
Rugoconites sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Aspidella | |
Parvancorina sp. Glaessner 1958 | |
Kimberella sp. Glaessner 1959 | |
Charniodiscus sp. Ford 1958 | |
Tribrachidium sp. Glaessner 1959
Albumares sp. Fedonkin 1976 | |
Dickinsonia sp. Sprigg 1947
Ikaria wariootia Evans et al. 2020 | |
Archaeichnium sp. Glaessner 1963 |