L1766c, L1833, L1873, NMVPL83, Mt. Scott Range (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as SSF 7.1

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 163.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pararaia tatei trilobite zone, Ajax Limestone Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• = Section M (Gravestock, 1984)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

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

Size classes: macrofossils, 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 97751: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Microcoryne
  -
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Stoibostrombus
  - Stoibostrombidae
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
Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostratum, Anabarella australis
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Brachiopoda
 Inarticulata -
Inarticulata indet. Huxley 1869
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Protoconodonta
  -
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Pararaia tatei trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Life
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871
 Hyolithelminthida -
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella sp. Holm 1893
 Life -
Aetholicopalla adnata Bengston et al. 1990