PBDB Collection

SYC-101 Parara Bemella communis 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: Bemella communis 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 96959: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Eoobulus aff. viridis, Miniatonia tuckeri, Eodiscellomus elkaniliformis Eoobulus aff. viridis Miniatonia tuckeri Eodiscellomus elkaniliformis
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales -	Cambroclavus absonus Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990
Heteractinida
Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae	Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Siphonoconcha
Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae	Apistoconcha apheles, Aroonia seposita Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990 Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Archaeopetasus
-	Archaeopetasus excavatus Archaeopetasus excavatus
Coeloscleritophora
Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae	Allonnia sp. 5, Allonnia sp. 7, Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora, Archiasterella quadratina, Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina, Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina, "Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis, Chancelloria sp., Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica, Chancelloria racemifundis, Eremactis sp., Eremactis mawsoni, Eremactis conara Allonnia sp. 5 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia sp. 7 Doré and Reid 1965 Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 Archiasterella quadratina Archiasterella ex gr. tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993 Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina Sdzuy 1969 "Chancelloria irregularis" = Chancelloriella irregularis Qian 1989 Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920 Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica Vassiljeva 1985 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 Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990

Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae	Hyolithellus micans, Hyolithellus filiformis Hyolithellus micans Billings 1871 Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae	Torellella sp., Torellella explicata Torellella sp. Holm 1893 Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Microdictyon
-	Microdictyon depressum Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
Hyolithida -	Hyptiotheca karraculum Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	"Hyolithes" conularioides "Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892
Hyolithida -	Parkula bounites Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae	? Microcornus sp., Microcornus sp., Microcornus eximius, Microcornus petilus ? Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 Microcornus eximius Duan 1984 Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae	Triplicatella disdoma Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Orthothecida -	"Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca, "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca "Cupittheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca "Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
Orthothecida - Circothecidae	Conotheca australiensis Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Brachiopoda
-	Micrina pusilla, Micrina etheridgei Micrina pusilla Gravestock et al. 2001 Micrina etheridgei Tate 1892
Tommotiida - Kennardiidae	Dailyatia ajax Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
Tommotiida -	Paterimitra pyramidalis Paterimitra pyramidalis Laurie 1986
Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae	Lapworthella fasciculata Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae	"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata "Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae	Pelagiella madianensis, Pelagiella subangulata Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984 Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892
Helcionellida - Trenellidae	"Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata "Mackinnonia plicata" = Isitella plicata Missarzhevsky 1989
- Helcionellidae	Bemella communis, Figurina capitata, Figurina figurina, "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata, "Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana, Anhuiconus microtuberus, Anabarella australis 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

Sachitida -	Hippopharangites dailyi, "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Aculifera
- Halkieriidae	"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites "Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
Bivalvia
Fordillida - Fordillidae	Pojetaia runnegari Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Aetholicopalla
-	Aetholicopalla adnata Aetholicopalla adnata [entered as Aetholicopala adnata]