L1870 - Mt. Scott Range (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as SSF 7.1

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 162.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abadiella huoi trilobite zone, Ajax Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• = Section M (Gravestock, 1984)

•LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Ajax Fm. AGE: Bottomian (derived from Fig. 6); from Abadiella houi zone.

•A. houi zone is Atdabanian according to Gradstein et al. 2004 (PJW3)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with silica

Reposited in the BMNH, NIGPAS, PIN, USNM

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

• Also in Australian Museum (AM), Museum of Victoria, Melbourne (NMVP), Queensland Museum (QM); see pg. 19

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97748: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
 Hyolithelminthida -
Deuteropoda
 Isoxyida - Isoxyidae
Isoxys sp. Walcott 1890
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
 Orthothecida -
"Actinotheca indet." = Cupitheca
"Actinotheca indet." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
Brachiopoda
  -
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Botsfordiidae
Botsfordia sp. Matthew 1891
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Inarticulata -
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
 Sachitida -
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites