NECP Bed-1: Ediacaran, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal new genus informal Form 1
7 specimens
To be described in a later paper
informal new genus informal Form 2
3 specimens
To be described in a later paper
Dickinsonia tenuis Glaessner and Wade 1966
5 specimens
Kimberella quadrata (Glaessner and Wade 1966)
2 specimens
original and current combination Kimberia quadrata
Tribrachidium heraldicum Glaessner 1959
2 specimens
Charniodiscus sp. Ford 1958
2 specimens
Vendiamorpha - Yorgiidae
Yorgia waggoneri Ivantsov 1999
1 specimen
unclassified
Parvancorina minchami Glaessner 1958
123 specimens
Rugoconites enigmaticus Glaessner and Wade 1966
8 specimens
Spriggina floundersi Glaessner 1958
8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia
Coordinates: 30.5° South, 138.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.1° North, 165.1° West
Time
Period:Ediacaran
Key time interval:Ediacaran Other zone: White Sea
Age range of interval:635.00000 - 538.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pound Formation:Rawnsley Quartzite Member:Ediacara
Local section:NECP Local bed:1.6 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:deltaic indet.
Geology comments: Shallow, marine deltaic environments in a submarine basin between the fair-weather and storm wave-bases
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:List gives just genera, but species are listed in paper.
Metadata
Database number:182665
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-11-20 18:50:49 Last modified:2018-02-26 14:55:17
Access level:the public Released:2016-11-20 18:50:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60864. F. J. Coutts, J. G. Gehling, and D. C. GarcĂ­a-Bellido. 2016. How diverse were early animal communities? An example from Ediacara Conservation Park, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Alcheringa 40:407-421 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]