6429RS106, L1761, L1856 - Horse Gully (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 137.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 161.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pararaia tatei trilobite zone, Parara Limestone Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, burrowed, glauconitic, gray packstone

• Dark grey to buff, commonly burrowed, skeletal packstone/wackestone, rich in fossils with minor glauconite grains, authigenic quartz and phosphatic material (rom Gravestock et al. 2001).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

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 97770: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Endoconcha lata, Endoconcha angusta, "Hexact" "spicules", "Pentact" "spicules", "Clove-shaped" "spicule", "Polyactine" "spicules", "Spindle-shaped" "spicules", "Smooth caps" "form B", Aeitholicopalla adnata, Paraconus staitorum, Ardossania paveyi
Brachiopoda
  -
Micrina etheridgei
 Inarticulata -
Inarticulata "indet."
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Tommotiida -
"Kulparina rostrata" = Kulparina rostrata, "Eccentrotheca guano" = Kulparina rostrata
"Kulparina rostrata" = Kulparina rostrata Conway Morris and Bengtson 1990
"Eccentrotheca guano" = Kulparina rostrata Conway Morris and Bengtson 1990
 Tommotiida - Tommotiidae
Camenella reticulosa n. sp.
Camenella reticulosa n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata, "Actinotheca holocyclata n. sp." = Cupitheca holocyclata
"Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
"Actinotheca holocyclata n. sp." = Cupitheca holocyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae
Yuwenia bentleyi
Yuwenia bentleyi Runnegar 1981
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella adunca, Pelagiella subangulata
Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
  - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca cf. drepanoida
  -
Beshtashella tortilis
Beshtashella tortilis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
  - Helcionellidae
Anabarella australis, "Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostrata
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva, Hippopharangites dailyi
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Yorkella australis
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata "indet."
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha celsa
Apistoconcha celsa Bengtson et al. 1990
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Microcoryne
  -
Microcoryne cephalata
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox n. sp.
Anabarites sexalox n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
  - Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Allonia cf. tripodophora, Eremactis conara, Eremactis mawsoni, Chancelloria spp., Archiasterella hirundo
Allonia cf. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920