UNEL1764. Bunyeroo Creek (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as NMVPL80

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.4° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 162.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pararaia janeae trilobite zone, Oraparinna Shale Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225121: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.04.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha "sp. indet:" Bengtson et al. 1990
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca sp. Hicks 1872
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Pararaia janeae trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Yukoniidae
Hebediscina yuqingensis Zhang et al. 1980