Myponga Beach SH 11 (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (35.4° S, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 161.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, D Member (Sellick Hill Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, nodular, gray, calcareous framestone

• Persistent dark blue-grey reefal unit. The framestone is constructed by archaeocyathan epitheca with minor pendant Epiphyton and encrusting Girvanella.

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 97719: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
 Tommotiida - Sunnaginiidae
Sunnaginia sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
 Tommotiida - Tommotiidae
Camenella cf. reticulosa Bengtson et al. 1990