SYC-101 201.45 m (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 161.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stenotheca drepanoida small shelly zone, Parara Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Halkieria parva zones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray packstone and lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray wackestone

• Dark grey nodular wackestone and skeletal packstone, commonly strongly biotrubated, becoming more light grey in the upper meters

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk

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 97730: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
Mackinnonia corrugata2 Bengtson et al. 1990
Parailsanella murenica Esakova and Zhegallo 1996
[entered as Parailsanella murencia]
Trenella bifrons Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae
Xianfengella yatesi Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata
"Igarkiella carinata" = Carinopelta carinata Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Fenqiaronia proboscis Feng et al. 1994
Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Auricullina granulosa n. sp.1 Parkhaev 2006
Figurina capitata Parkhaev 2001
Figurina figurina Parkhaev 2001
Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984
"Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Curdus pararaensis Gravestock et al. 2001
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Cryptotretidae
Askepasma sp. Laurie 1986
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990