Chace Range (Ediacaran of Australia)

Also known as CH_29.14

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.7° S, 138.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 164.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Sea other zone, Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, white sandstone

• See Gehling, J. G. 2000. Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia. Precambrian Research 100:65-95.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• Museum repository: South Australian Museum (SAM)

Primary reference: M. L. Droser, J. G. Gehling, and S. R. Jensen. 2006. Assemblage palaeoecology of the Ediacara biota: The unabridged edition?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 232:131-147 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89840: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 15.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Pentaradialomorpha -
Arkarua sp. Gehling 1987
Arkarua adami1 Gehling 1987
Vendiamorpha
  - Yorgiidae
""Archaeaspis" sp." = Archaeaspinus
""Archaeaspis" sp." = Archaeaspinus Ivantsov 2007
Inaria karli
  -
Inaria karli2 Gehling 1988