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