Where: South Australia, Australia (34.1° S, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 160.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Abadiella huoi trilobite zone, Parara Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, burrowed, glauconitic, gray packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast, original aragonite, original phosphate, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97778: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria spp. Walcott 1920 | |
Hyolithellus cf. micans Billings 1871 | |
Torellella sp. Holm 1893 | |
Helcionelloida | |
Pelagiella subangulata Tate 1892 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolitha "indet." Marek 1963 | |
Lingulata | |
Botsfordia sp. Matthew 1891 | |
Hipponicharion sp. Mathew 1886 |