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, E Member (Sellick Hill Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, calcareous framestone and lithified, nodular, argillaceous lime mudstone
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 97720: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010
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