Ross River, "reef shoal facies" (Cambrian to of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3024

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (23.5° S, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 169.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Todd River Dolomite Formation, Atdabanian to Atdabanian (521.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• high-energy
• archaeocyath-rich bioherms, 0.3-2.5 m thick and 1-3 m in lenght, large bioherms up to 3 m thick and 9 m long, reef complex 30-50 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. M. Kennard. 1991. Lower Cambrian archaeocyathan buildups, Todd River Dolomite, northeast Amadeus Basin, central Australia: sedimentology and diagenesis. Geological and Geophysical Studies in the Amadeus Basin, Central Australia, Bulletin 236:195-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80920: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus bilateralis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Aldanocyathus greeni" = Nochoroicyathus
"Aldanocyathus greeni" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Beltanacyathidae
Beltanacyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
"Dictyocyathus" sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
"Aruntacyathus toddi" = Spirocyathella, "? Aruntacyathus rossi" = Spirocyathella
"Aruntacyathus toddi" = Spirocyathella archaeocyath sponge
"? Aruntacyathus rossi" = Spirocyathella archaeocyath sponge
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida -
Chancelloriida indet. Walcott 1920
 Chancelloriida - Sachitidae
Sachites sp. Meshkova 1969
Radiocyatha
  - Hetairacyathidae
Brachiopoda
  -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
 Lingulida - Obolidae
? Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Cryptotretidae
Askepasma toddense Laurie 1986
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
Kennardia reticulata Laurie 1986
 Tommotiida -
? Eccentrotheca cf. kanesia Landing et al. 1980
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis sp." = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis sp." = Sinosachites He 1980