Where: South Australia, Australia (35.4° S, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 160.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bemella communis small shelly zone, B Member (Sellick Hill Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• "A" is a lithofacies rather than a proper member, intertonguing with lower part of "B." Section 5
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast, 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 97701: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Hyolitha | |
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972 | |
"Cupittheca sp. 1" = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp. 1" = Cupitheca Duan 1984 | |
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Aculifera | |
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites | |
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva, Hippopharangites dailyi
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900 | |
Obtusoconus brevis Esakova and Zhegallo 1996 |