SYC-101 Kollywurtie Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 161.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, Koolywurtie Member (Parara Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Halkieria parva & Spirillicyathus favus zones. Uppermost Botoman

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, ooidal, peloidal, red packstone and lithified, ooidal, peloidal, red wackestone

• Pink archaeocyathan-calcimicrobial boundstone with primary marine cavities, ooidal and peloidal packstone and peloida wackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96957: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella biconvexa Rozanov et al. 1969
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Dailyatia ajax
  - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976