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
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
unclassified | |
Scyphozoa | |
Anabarites sexalox n. sp.
Anabarites sexalox n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish | |
Microcoryne | |
Heteractinida | |
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Allonia cf. tripodophora, Chancelloria spp., Eremactis mawsoni, Eremactis conara, Archiasterella hirundo
Allonia cf. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Stoibostrombus crenulatus | |
Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990 | |
Siphonoconcha | |
Apistoconcha celsa Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata "indet." Klein 1754 | |
Trilobita | |
Yorkella australis trilobite | |
Hyolitha | |
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990 | |
"Actinotheca holocyclata n. sp." = Cupitheca holocyclata, "Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata
"Actinotheca holocyclata n. sp." = Cupitheca holocyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
"Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Kulparina rostrata Conway Morris and Bengston 1990 | |
Camenella reticulosa n. sp.
Camenella reticulosa n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Eccentrotheca guano Bengtson et al. 1990
Micrina etheridgei Tate 1892 | |
Inarticulata "indet." Huxley 1869 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892
Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984 | |
Stenotheca cf. drepanoida He et al. 1984 | |
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostratum, Anabarella australis
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Beshtashella tortilis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981 | |
Paragastropoda | |
Yuwenia bentleyi Runnegar 1981 | |
Aculifera | |
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites | |
Hippopharangites dailyi, "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990 |