Wilkawillina Gorge buildups 1, Flinders Ranges (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1765

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.3° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 161.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wilkawillina Limestone Formation (Hawker Group), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• faunal assemblage 1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified floatstone

• calcimicrobe-archaeocyath boundstone biostromes and bioherms, up to 3 m thick, archaeocyath-sponge boundstones, calcimicrobe-clast rudstone with archaeocyath debris

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. I. Gravestock. 1984. Archaeocyatha from lower parts of the Lower Cambrian carbonate sequence in South Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 2:1-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81170: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Baikalocyathinae indet.
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Usloncyathidae
"Dictyofavus obtusus n. gen. n. sp." = Usloncyathus obtusus
"Dictyofavus obtusus n. gen. n. sp." = Usloncyathus obtusus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Copleicyathus cymosus n. sp.
Copleicyathus cymosus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
"Hawkercyathus insculptus n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeopharetra insculptus
"Hawkercyathus insculptus n. gen. n. sp." = Archaeopharetra insculptus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Warriootacyathidae
Warriootacyathus wilkawillinensis n. gen. n. sp., Warriootacyathus armillatus n. sp.
Warriootacyathus wilkawillinensis n. gen. n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Warriootacyathus armillatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Beltanacyathidae
"Bayleicyathus bowmani n. gen. n. sp." = Beltanacyathus bowmani, Bayleicyathus diversus n. sp., Beltanacyathus digitus n. sp.
"Bayleicyathus bowmani n. gen. n. sp." = Beltanacyathus bowmani Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Bayleicyathus diversus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Beltanacyathus digitus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus sp.
Dokidocyathus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
"Rowanpectinus clarus n. gen. n. sp." = Inessocyathus clarus
"Rowanpectinus clarus n. gen. n. sp." = Inessocyathus clarus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Gordonicyathus walteri n. sp., Sichotecyathus merus n. sp.
Gordonicyathus walteri n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Sichotecyathus merus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Polycoscinidae
Erugatocyathus krusei n. sp.
Erugatocyathus krusei n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932