Also known as Reef 1766
Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 1.6° N, 113.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ajax Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• upper faunal assemblage 2
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 81173: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
Coscinocyathus vestitus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge | |
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Erugatocyathus tatei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Erugatocyathus oppositus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Veronicacyathus radiatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Gordonicyathus levis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus pledgei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
"Ardrossacyathus grandis n. sp." = Neoloculicyathus grandis
"Ardrossacyathus grandis n. sp." = Neoloculicyathus grandis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Pycnoidocyathus amplus n. sp.
Pycnoidocyathus amplus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Metaldetes gracilis n. sp., Metaldetes incohatus n. sp.
Metaldetes gracilis n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
Metaldetes incohatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Jugalicyathus tardus n. gen. n. sp.
Jugalicyathus tardus n. gen. n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge | |
Paterinata | |
Askepasma toddense2 Laurie 1986 | |
Epiphyton | |
Epiphyton sp.1 Bornemann 1886 |