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 97777: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 28.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Inarticulata "indet." Huxley 1869 | |
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Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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Hyolitha "indet." Marek 1963 | |
"Actinotheca "sp. A"" = Cupitheca, Actinotheca clathrata, "Actinotheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca holocyclata
"Actinotheca "sp. A"" = Cupitheca Duan 1984
Actinotheca clathrata Bengtson et al. 1990
"Actinotheca holocyclata" = Cupitheca holocyclata Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
|
"Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam | |
| Helcionelloida | |
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Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 | |
|
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990 | |
| Aculifera | |
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites | |
| Microdictyon | |
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Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
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Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871 | |
| Coeloscleritophora | |
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Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920 | |