Big Gully (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.6° S, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 160.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Emu Bay Shale Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, silty shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. R. Paterson and J. B. Jago. 2006. New trilobites from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte at Big Gully, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 32:43-57 [M. Smith/M. Smith]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233954: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 08.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Redlichia takooensis
Redlichia takooensis Lu 1950 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Megapharanaspidae
Megapharanaspis nedini n. sp.
Megapharanaspis nedini n. sp. Paterson and Jago 2006 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Holyoakia simpsoni n. sp.
Holyoakia simpsoni n. sp. Paterson and Jago 2006 trilobite