Also known as Wilkawillina Limestone, base of MMF, ~11 km east of Blinman

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.2° S, 138.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 161.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Abadiella huoi trilobite zone, Mernmerna Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Complete stratigraphy in Paterson and Brock (2007). Abadiella huoi Zone. The occurrence of Elicicola calva at the base of the MMF section is taken to represent the A. huoi Zone. This is further supported by the co-occurrence of the paterinid brachiopod Askepasma in the same horizon (i.e., MMF/0.0)

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•This is informally called “Parara” but is Atdabanian equivalent.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wackestone and packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

• isolated sclerites; multisclerite fused composites

Preservation: original phosphate, original silica

Collection methods: acetic

Primary reference: C. B. Skovsted, G. A. Brock, J. R. Paterson, L. E. Holmer, and G. E. Budd. 2008. The scleritome of Eccentrotheca from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia: Lophophorate affinities and implications for tommotiid phylogeny. Geology 36(2):171-174 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96454: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.06.2010, edited by Hallie Street

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