PBDB Collection

Mount Scott Range, Tor Herm (section N), archaeocyath-sponge mound (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as Reef 1766

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 162.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ajax Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• lower faunal assemblage 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• intrashelf depression

• stromatactoid archaeocyath boundstone and Renalcis-archaeocyath boundstone

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 81172: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hormogoneae
Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae	Girvanella sp.¹ Girvanella sp.¹ Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Renalcis
- Chabakoviacea	Renalcis sp.¹ Renalcis sp.¹ Vologdin 1932
unclassified
-	? Flindersicoscinus sp. ? Flindersicoscinus sp.
Epiphyton
- Ludloviaceae	Epiphyton sp.¹ Epiphyton sp.¹ Bornemann 1886
Archaeocyatha
Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae	Coscinocyathus vestitus n. sp., Coscinocyathus uratannensis n. sp. Coscinocyathus vestitus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Coscinocyathus uratannensis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Kaltatocyathidae	"Aroonacyathus gregarius n. gen. n. sp." = Kaltatocyathus gregarius "Aroonacyathus gregarius n. gen. n. sp." = Kaltatocyathus gregarius Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae	Dokidocyathus osseus n. sp., Dokidocyathus genuinus n. sp. Dokidocyathus osseus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Dokidocyathus genuinus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae	"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus "Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Veronicacyathidae	? Veronicacyathus ? complexus ? Veronicacyathus ? complexus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Polycoscinidae	Erugatocyathus mawsoni n. sp., Erugatocyathus tatei n. sp., Erugatocyathus howchini n. sp., Erugatocyathus aquilinus n. sp., Erugatocyathus madigani n. sp., Erugatocyathus oppositus n. sp., Erugatocyathus inflexus n. sp. Erugatocyathus mawsoni n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus tatei n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus howchini n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus aquilinus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus madigani n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus oppositus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Erugatocyathus inflexus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae	Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Crassicoscinidae	Crucicyathus repandus n. gen. n. sp. Crucicyathus repandus n. gen. n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae	Taylorcyathus malleus n. sp. Taylorcyathus malleus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae	"Prethmophyllum ? brunhilda" = Kisasacyathus, Prethmophyllum cyclopeum, Prethmophyllum caecum n. sp. "Prethmophyllum ? brunhilda" = Kisasacyathus archaeocyath sponge Prethmophyllum cyclopeum Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Prethmophyllum caecum n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae	Baikalocyathus rimosus n. sp., "Baikalopectinus capulus n. gen. n. sp." = Baikalocyathus capulus, Baikalocyathus squamosus n. sp. Baikalocyathus rimosus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge "Baikalopectinus capulus n. gen. n. sp." = Baikalocyathus capulus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Baikalocyathus squamosus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae	"Joanaecyathus cupulosus n. gen. n. sp." = Dailycyathus cupulosus, Deceptioncyathus synapticulosus n. gen. n. sp. "Joanaecyathus cupulosus n. gen. n. sp." = Dailycyathus cupulosus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge Deceptioncyathus synapticulosus n. gen. n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Auliscocyathidae	Auliscocyathus arcuatus n. sp. Auliscocyathus arcuatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Metacyathidae	Metaldetes ferulae Metaldetes ferulae Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae	Spirillicyathus tenuis, Spirillicyathus pigmentus, Copleicyathus confertus, Copleicyathus scottensis n. sp. Spirillicyathus tenuis archaeocyath sponge Spirillicyathus pigmentus archaeocyath sponge Copleicyathus confertus archaeocyath sponge Copleicyathus scottensis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae	Pycnoidocyathus cribrus Pycnoidocyathus cribrus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Warriootacyathidae	Warriootacyathus lucidus n. sp. Warriootacyathus lucidus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Beltanacyathidae	Beltanacyathus wirrialpensis, "Fridaycyathus biserialis n. gen. n. sp." = Beltanacyathus biserialis Beltanacyathus wirrialpensis archaeocyath sponge "Fridaycyathus biserialis n. gen. n. sp." = Beltanacyathus biserialis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae	Paranacyathus spinosus n. sp. Paranacyathus spinosus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Heteractinida
Octactinellida - Nuchidae	? Jawonya tiro n. sp.² ? Jawonya tiro n. sp.² Kruse 1987
Radiocyatha
- Uranosphaeridae	? Uranosphaera sp. ? Uranosphaera sp.

¹James and Gravestock 1990; ²Kruse 1987