SYC-101 Parara Stenotheca drepanoida zone Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 161.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Halkieria parva zones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray packstone and lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray wackestone

• Dark grey nodular wackestone and skeletal packstone, commonly strongly biotrubated, becoming more light grey in the upper meters

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 96958: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Stoibostrombus cf. crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Archaeopetasus
  -
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella sp. Holm 1893
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
 Sachitida -
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae
Xianfengella yatesi Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990
Trenella bifrons Parkhaev 2001
Parailsanella murenica Esakova and Zhegallo 1996
[entered as Parailsanella murencia]
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Figurina figurina Parkhaev 2001
Figurina capitata Parkhaev 2001
"Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Fenqiaronia proboscis Feng et al. 1994
Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001
Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus egregius Demidenko 2001
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Brachiopoda
  -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Curdus pararaensis Gravestock et al. 2001
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Microdictyon
  -
Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Dailyatia ajax
  - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976