Section AJX-M, sample Aus 92-29 (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as Mt. Scott Range

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 161.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abadiella huoi trilobite zone, Ajax Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)

• Sample 92-29

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, calcareous limestone

• massive grey-red bioclastic limestones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Lars Holmer in 1992

Collection methods: bulk, acetic

Primary reference: C. M. Larsson, C. B. Skovsted, G. A. Brock, U. Balthasar, T. P. Topper and L. E. Holmer. 2014. Paterimitra pyramidalis from South Australia: scleritome, shell structure and evolution of a lower Cambrian stem group brachiopod. Palaeontology 57(2):417-446 [T. Wong Hearing/T. Wong Hearing]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215454: authorized by Thomas Wong Hearing, entered by Thomas Wong Hearing on 10.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida -