Sample 7414, Loc. 2, Rogers Ridge [Beetle Creek Fm] (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (21.7° S, 140.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 168.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Beetle Creek Formation, Templetonian (508.0 - 504.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Beetle Creek Fm, which is a correlative of the Thorntonia Lmst, and overlies unnamed basal clastics (Middle Cambrian), and is overlain by the Currant Brush Lmst and Inca Fm (Middle Cambrian). AGE: Templetonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary carbonate

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Carbonate concretions. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and sample preparation.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: M.-Z. Won and R. Below. 1999. Cambrian Radiolaria from the Georgina Basin, Queensland, Australia. Micropaleontology 45(4):325-363 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90974: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians, and with characteristic trilobites. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae
Archeoentactinia angulata, Spongomassa nannosphaera
Archeoentactinia angulata Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
Spongomassa nannosphaera Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae
Palaeospiculum burkensis, Palaeospiculum georginaensis, Palaeospiculum cf. georginaensis, Palaeospiculum arcussimile, Palaeospiculum radiatum
Palaeospiculum burkensis Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
Palaeospiculum georginaensis Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
Palaeospiculum cf. georginaensis Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
Palaeospiculum arcussimile Won and Below 1999 radiolarian
Palaeospiculum radiatum Won and Below 1999 radiolarian