Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 137.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 161.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ramsay Formation, Ordian (511.2 - 508.0 Ma)
• Just given as "Middle Cambrian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: nodular, gray, argillaceous limestone and micaceous, black mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
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 97699: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990 |