Nilpena Mass-Flow Sands (Ediacaran of Australia)

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

• See Gehling, J. G. 2000. Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia. Precambrian Research 100:65-95.

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 191906: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia brachina
 Rangeomorpha -
Rangeomorpha "plumes", Rangea sp.
Rangea sp. Gurich 1930
 Arboreomorpha -
Charniodiscus sp.
 Erniettomorpha -
Pteridinium sp., Nasepia sp.
Pteridinium sp. Gürich 1930