PBDB Collection

6429RS109, L1762, L1854 - 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 97774: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	"Hexact" "spicules", "Scaly" "spines", "Ornamented cones" "form A", "Ornamented tubes" "form B" "Hexact" "spicules" "Scaly" "spines" "Ornamented cones" "form A" "Ornamented tubes" "form B"
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales -	Cambroclavus absonus Cambroclavus absonus Morris 1990
Stoibostrombus crenulatus
- Stoibostrombidae	Stoibostrombus crenulatus Stoibostrombus crenulatus Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
Coeloscleritophora
Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae	Allonia cf. tripodophora, Chancelloria spp., Eremactis mawsoni, Archiasterella hirundo Allonia cf. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965 Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920 Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990 Archiasterella hirundo
Siphonoconcha
Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae	Apistoconcha apheles, Apistoconcha praesiphonalis Apistoconcha apheles Bengtson et al. 1990 Apistoconcha praesiphonalis Parkhaev 1998 only some of the specimens originally id'ed as A. apheles
Heteractinida
Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae	Eiffelia araniformis Eiffelia araniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Scyphozoa
Anabaritida - Anabaritidae	Anabarites trymatus, Anabarites sexalox Anabarites trymatus Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
unclassified
-	Echinodermata "indet." Echinodermata "indet." Klein 1754
Brachiopoda
Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae	Lapworthella fasciculata n. sp. Lapworthella fasciculata n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolitha
-	Hyolitha "indet." Hyolitha "indet." Marek 1963
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae	Triplicatella disdoma Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Orthothecida -	"Actinotheca "sp. A"" = Cupitheca, "Actinotheca sp." = Cupitheca, Actinotheca clathrata "Actinotheca "sp. A"" = Cupitheca Duan 1984 "Actinotheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984 Actinotheca clathrata Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae	Microcornus petilus, Microcornus eximius Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 Microcornus eximius Duan 1984
Hyolithida -	Hyptiotheca karraculum Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae	"Hyolithes" conularioides "Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892
Orthothecimorpha
Circothecida -	? Spinulitheca sp. ? Spinulitheca sp. Sysoyev 1968
Bivalvia
Fordillida - Fordillidae	Pojetaia runnegari Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Aculifera
- Halkieriidae	"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites "Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites

Sachitida -	Hippopharangites dailyi, "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 "Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae	Pelagiella subangulata, Pelagiella adunca Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
- Helcionellidae	Anabarella australis Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990