Where: South Australia, Australia (34.8° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 161.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kaimenella reticulata small shelly zone, Ramsay Formation, Toyonian (512.9 - 510.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, bioturbated, gray, argillaceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collected by BHP in 1981; reposited in the PIN
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
Primary reference: D. I. Gravestock, E. M. Alexander, Y. E. Demidenko, N. V. Esakova, L. E. Holmer, J. B. Jago, T.-r. Lin, L. M. Melnikova, P. Yu Parkhaev, A. Yu Rozanov, G. T. Ushatinskaya, W.-l. Zang, E. A. Zhegallo and A. Yu Zhuravlev. 2001. The Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Stansbury Basin, South Australia. Russian Academy of Sciences, Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute 282:1-344 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 97986: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.09.2010, edited by Hallie Street
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Hyolitha | |
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990 | |
Conotheca sp. Rozanov et al. 1969 | |
Palaeoscolecida | |
Kaimenella reticulata Märss 1988 | |
Aetholicopalla adnata | |
Aetholicopalla adnata Bengston et al. 1990 | |
Dailyatia ajax | |
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976 |