Mount Scott Range, Channel Herm (section K) buildup (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)

• upper faunal assemblage 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• intrashelf depression
• The buildup is 60 m thick and 120 m in length.

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 81177: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus triangulus n. sp.
Dokidocyathus triangulus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Gordonicyathus pledgei
Gordonicyathus pledgei Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Prethmophyllum ? brunhilda" = Kisasacyathus, "? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus
"Prethmophyllum ? brunhilda" = Kisasacyathus archaeocyath sponge
"? Loculicyathus racemiferus" = Davidicyathus racemiferus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Rowanpectinus occultus n. sp.
Rowanpectinus occultus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus n. sp.
Rozanovicoscinus stellatus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus
"Mennericyathus dissitus" = Agyrekocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Jugalicyathidae
Jugalicyathus tardus
Jugalicyathus tardus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Metacyathidae
Metaldetes incohatus
Metaldetes incohatus Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus alternus n. sp., "Ardrossacyathus grandis" = Neoloculicyathus grandis
Loculicyathus alternus n. sp. Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge
"Ardrossacyathus grandis" = Neoloculicyathus grandis Gravestock 1984 archaeocyath sponge