Mulyungarie-2 Mernmerna Stenotheca drepanoida zone Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.6° S, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 160.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, Mernmerna Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, fine-grained, gray limestone and lithified, gray, calcareous mudstone

• Predominantly nodular, fine-grained medium grey limestones interbedded with very calcaerous, dark grey mudstones

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 97724: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984