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: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, C Member (Sellick Hill Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, gray, calcareous mudstone and lithified, nodular, gray, calcareous siltstone
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 97717: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Eremactis mawsoni, Chancelloria sp., Chancelloria racemifundis, Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina, Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina Sdzuy 1969
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus eximius Duan 1984
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
"Cupittheca sp. 1" = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp. 1" = Cupitheca Duan 1984 | |
Watsonella crosbyi | |
Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Obtusoconus brevis Esakova and Zhegallo 1996 | |
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 |