Also known as Mt. Michael; MM b3

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.0° S, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 164.9° 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)

• 7-m2, massive, 12–16 cm-thick, fine-medium grained sandstone bed.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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. R. Paterson, J. G. Gehling, M. L. Droser and R. D. C. Bicknell. 2017. Rheotaxis in the Ediacaran epibenthic organism Parvancorina from South Australia. Scientific Reports 7(1):45539more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237220: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.11.2024

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