CD-2, 200 meters east of Curramulka Quarry - Parara: Botomian, Australia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Undetermined hiolith fragment
informal Helcionellidae gen. indet. sp. indet.
Siphonoconcha - Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Aroonia seposita Bengtson et al. 1990
Scyphozoa - Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trymatus Bengtson et al. 1990
Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Eiffelia ex gr. araniformis (Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981)
Stoibostrombidae
Stoibostrombus crenlatus
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Archiasterella quadratina
Archiasterella tetraspina Vassiljeva and Sayutina 1993
Archiasterella ex gr. pentactina Sdzuy 1969
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Eremactis conara Bengtson et al. 1990
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Chancelloria ex gr. symmetrica Vassiljeva 1985
Chancelloria racemifundis Bengston et al. 1990
Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithellus micans (Billings 1871)
Hyolithellus cf. micans (Billings 1871)
Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella curva Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Torellella cf. explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
unclassified
Halkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
recombined as Australohalkieria parva
Aculifera - Halkieriidae
Thambetolepis delicata
synonym of Sinosachites
unclassified
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Bivalvia - Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980
Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella subangulata (Tate 1892)
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Trenellidae
Mackinnonia plicata (Missarzhevsky 1989)
    = Mackinnonia corrugata Bengtson et al. 1990
Topper et al. 2009
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Mackinnonia rostrata (Zhou and Xiao 1984)
recombined as Davidonia rostratum
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" conularioides Tate 1892
Hyolithida
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus sp. Mambetov 1972
Microcornus egregius Demidenko 2001
Microcornus eximius Duan 1984
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
Hyolithida
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
Orthothecida
Cupittheca holocyclata
corrected as Cupitheca
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella disdoma Conway Morris 1990
Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
unclassified
Eccentrotheca guano Bengtson et al. 1990
Micrina etheridgei (Tate 1892)
Tommotiida
Paterimitra pyramidalis Laurie 1986
unclassified
Microdictyon depressum Bengtson et al. 1990
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]
Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
Dailyatia cf. ajax Bischoff 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:Australia State/province:South Australia County:Yorke Peninsula
Coordinates: 34.7° South, 137.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.4° North, 161.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval:Botomian Small shelly zone: Bemella communis
Age range of interval:515.60000 - 512.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Parara
Local section:CD-2 Local bed:1.75 - 47.0 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Halkieiria parva zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:peloidal,black,gray lithified packstone
Secondary lithology:peloidal,black,gray lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: dark grey to black skeletal and peloidal, nodular wackestone and packstone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:PIN
Metadata
Database number:96932
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner, H. Street
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-13 07:30:34 Last modified:2010-07-13 10:37:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-13 07:30:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33090. 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]

Secondary references:

56070 T. P. Topper, G. A. Brock, C. B. Skovsted and J. R. Paterson. 2009. Shelly fossils from the lower Cambrian Pararaia bunyerooensis Zone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:199-246 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]