Minlaton-1 Parara Pelagiella subangulata zone Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.8° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 160.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelagiella subangulata small shelly zone, Parara Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Hippopharingites dailyi zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, gray, argillaceous wackestone

• dark grey nodular argillaceous wackestone

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 96966: 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
  -
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Allonnia "sp. 4" Doré and Reid 1965
Allonnia "sp. 6" Doré and Reid 1965
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
 Tommotiida -
Eccentrotheca sp. Landing et al. 1980
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
  - Helcionellidae
Anabarella australis, "Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]