Locality 04. AS 198. East Bank, Ross River valley (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as PW1-74; PW2-74; PW4a-74; PW4b-74; PW5a-74; PW5b-74; PW6-74; PW7-74; PW8-74; PW9-74

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (23.6° S, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 178.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower beds Member (Pacoota Formation), Payntonian (489.5 - 488.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gilbert-Tomlinson in 1964

• CPC specimens

Primary reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77416: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 11.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Kimopegma pinnatum, "Ribeiria jonesi n. sp." = Kimopegma jonesi
Kimopegma pinnatum Pojeta et al. 1977
"Ribeiria jonesi n. sp." = Kimopegma jonesi Pojeta et al. 1977
 Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Cymatopegma semiplicatum Pojeta et al. 1977
Pinnocaris wellsi n. sp. Pojeta et al. 1977
Pinnocaris robusta Pojeta et al. 1977
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
? Kaolishaniella sp. Sun 1935 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
"? Coreanocephalus sp." = Changia, "Quadraticephalus sp." = Changia
"? Coreanocephalus sp." = Changia Sun 1924 trilobite
"Quadraticephalus sp." = Changia Sun 1924 trilobite
 Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
? Calvinella sp. Walcott 1914 trilobite
Mictosaukia sp. Shergold 1975 trilobite
aff. Tellerina sp. Ulrich and Resser 1933 trilobite
Lophosaukia sp. Shergold 1971 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus
"Geragnostus (Micragnostus) sp." = Micragnostus Howell 1935