Minlaton-1 Parara Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.8° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 161.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, Stenotheca drepanoida Member (Parara Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• Halkieria parva SSF zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, gray, red, argillaceous framestone

• grey to pink argillaceous mudstone with archaeocyathan-calcimicrobial framestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

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 96964: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Dailyatia ajax
  - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976