L1846, L1763B, NMVPL78 - Curramulka Quarry (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 160.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abadiella huoi trilobite zone, Parara Formation, Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Faunal turnover seems to happen after L1851 (47m)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Not described. Key shows limestone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section

Primary reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97740: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trymatus Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990
Brachiopoda
 Inarticulata -
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
  -
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Actinotheca "sp. indet."" = Cupitheca
"Actinotheca "sp. indet."" = Cupitheca Duan 1984
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Microdictyon
  -
Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Bradoriida -
Deuteropoda
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys sp. Walcott 1890
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Abadiellidae
"Wutingaspis jelli" = Abadiella huoi
"Wutingaspis jelli" = Abadiella huoi Chang 1966 trilobite
Life
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871
 Hyolithelminthida -
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella sp. Holm 1893
 Life -
Aetholicopalla adnata Bengston et al. 1990