Where: South Australia, Australia (30.9° S, 138.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 165.1° 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)
• Older papers put this in Pound Quartzite, which is now a subgroup.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• Museum repository: South Australian Museum (SAM)
Primary reference: J. G. Gehling. 1988. A cnidarian of actinian-grade from the Ediacaran Pound Subgroup, South Australia. Alcheringa 12:299-314 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89842: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 15.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ovatoscutum concentricum | |
Ovatoscutum concentricum Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp.
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Tribrachidium heraldicum Glaessner 1959 | |
Mawsonites | |
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp.
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp. | |
Pteridinium cf. simplex Gürich 1930 | |
Spriggina floundersi Glaessner 1958
? Spriggina ovata n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Medusae | |
Lorenzinites rarus n. gen. n. sp., Pseudorhizostomites howchini
Lorenzinites rarus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Pseudorhizostomites howchini Sprigg 1949 | |
Kimberia quadrata | |
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp.
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Medusinites asteroides | |
Medusinites asteroides Sprigg 1949 | |
Aspidella terranovica | |
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872 | |
Arborea arborea, "Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa
Arborea arborea Glaessner 1959
"Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Rugoconites enigmaticus | |
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Vendiamorpha | |
Praecambridium sigillum n. gen. n. sp.
Praecambridium sigillum n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966 | |
Inaria karli | |
Inaria karli Gehling 1988 | |
Dickinsonia tenuis n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Dickinsonia elongata n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Dickinsonia costata Sprigg 1947 |