NMVPL77 - 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 97773: 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
  -
"Hexact" "spicules", "Clove-shaped" "spicule", "Ornamented cones" "form B", Aeitholicopalla adnata
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Estaingiidae
Pararaia tatei
Pararaia tatei trilobite
 Redlichiida - Redlichiidae
Yorkella australis
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha "indet."
Hyolitha "indet." Marek 1963
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" conularioides
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus eximius
 Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata, "Actinotheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca holocyclata
"Actinotheca hemicyclata" = Cupitheca hemicyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
"Actinotheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca holocyclata Bengtson et al. 1990
Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -
? Spinulitheca sp.
? Spinulitheca sp. Sysoyev 1968
Brachiopoda
 Inarticulata -
Inarticulata "indet."
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
 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
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostrata, Anabarella australis
"Mackinnonia davidi" = Davidonia rostrata Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
  - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca cf. drepanoida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella adunca, Pelagiella subangulata
Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata "indet."
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Archiasterella hirundo, Eremactis mawsoni, Allonia cf. tripodophora, Chancelloria spp.
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Allonia cf. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920
Archaeopetasus
  -
Archaeopetasus excavatus
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia araniformis
Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha siphonalis, Apistoconcha apheles
Apistoconcha siphonalis Bengtson et al. 1990
Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990