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
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 97741: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
unclassified | |
Heteractinida | |
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Dodecaactinella | |
Siphonoconcha | |
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Stoibostrombus crenulatus | |
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Eremactis mawsoni, Chancelloria spp., Chancelloria racemifundis, Allonnia cf. tripodophora, Archiasterella hirundo
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Allonnia cf. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 | |
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva, Hippopharangites dailyi
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 | |
Aculifera | |
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 | |
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Stenotheca cf. drepanoida He et al. 1984 | |
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata
"? Leptostega corrugata" = Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869 | |
Micrina etheridgei Tate 1892 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963 | |
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
"Actinotheca "sp. indet."" = Cupitheca
"Actinotheca "sp. indet."" = Cupitheca Duan 1984 | |
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990 | |
Microdictyon | |
Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871 | |
Torellella sp. Holm 1893 | |
Aetholicopalla adnata | |
Aetholicopalla adnata Bengston et al. 1990 |