HG05, Horse Gully, Stansbury Basin, Yorke Peninsula (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as HG5

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 137.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 160.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelagiella subangulata small shelly zone, Kulpara Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Hippopharangites dailyi SSF zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, peloidal, gray grainstone

• Light grey and buff dolomitic peloidal spicular grainstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: D. I. Gravestock, E. M. Alexander, Y. E. Demidenko, N. V. Esakova, L. E. Holmer, J. B. Jago, T.-r. Lin, L. M. Melnikova, P. Yu Parkhaev, A. Yu Rozanov, G. T. Ushatinskaya, W.-l. Zang, E. A. Zhegallo and A. Yu Zhuravlev. 2001. The Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Stansbury Basin, South Australia. Russian Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute 282:1-344 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96920: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum, Anabarella australis
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
 Sachitida -
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Archiasterella tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Dailyatia ajax
  - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976