Locality 21, Puttapa, 16 km north of Beltana (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.6° S, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 162.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abadiella houi trilobite zone, Ajax Limestone Formation, Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with silica

Collected by A. Martinsson in 1975

Collection methods: bulk, chemical

• South Australian Museum. See Thomson et al. 1976 Excusrsion Guide No. 33A. Late Precambrian and Cambrian geology of the Adelaide 'Geosyncline' and Stuary Shelf, South Australia. XXVth International Geological Congress Sydney Excursion Guide 33A:1-53

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 97791: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella puttapensis n. sp. Bengtson et al. 1990