Where: South Australia, Australia (31.6° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 159.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pelagiella subangulata small shelly zone, Mernmerna Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, gray limestone and lithified, gray, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate
Reposited in the PIN
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97722: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Paterinata | |
? Askepasma sp. Laurie 1986 | |
Helcionelloida | |
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum, Anabarella australis
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 |