Yalkalpo-2 Wilkawillina Template (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.8° S, 140.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 160.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelagiella subangulata small shelly zone, Wilkawillina Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Not described.

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 97725: 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
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae