MMF/82.6. Angorichina station, east side of The Bunkers, 1 km S Balcoracana Cr. (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as ~11 km east of Blinman

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.2° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 162.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mernmerna Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Pararaia bunyerooensis Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wackestone and packstone

• predominantly wackestone and packestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: acetic

Primary reference: G. A. Brock and J. R. Patterson. 2004. A new species of Tannuella (Helcionellida, Mollusca) from the Early Cambrian of South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 30:133-143 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67982: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

• SAMP specimens
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Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Pararaia bunyerooensis1
Pararaia bunyerooensis1 Bengtson et al. 1990 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae
Yunnanocephalus macromelos1
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Yorkella aff. australis1
 Bradoriida -
Spinospitella coronata2
Spinospitella coronata2 Skovsted et al. 2006
 Bradoriida - Hipponicharionidae
Albrunnicola bengtsoni2
Albrunnicola bengtsoni2 Hinz-Schallreuter 1993
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
Tannuella elinorae
Tannuella elinorae Brock and Patterson 2004
Euzepaera
  - Zhexiellidae
Euzepaera sp.2
Euzepaera sp.2 Shu 1990
1Paterson and Brock 2007; 2Skovsted et al. 2006