Where: Tasmania, Australia (40.8° S, 145.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 158.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Stigmatoa diloma trilobite zone, Scopus Formation, Idamean (497.0 - 494.0 Ma)
• Scopus overlies the Salmon River Siltstone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and coarse-grained, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: R. B. Rickards, P. W. Baillie, and J. B. Jago. 1990. An Upper Cambrian (Idamean) dendroid assemblage from near Smithton, northwestern Tasmania. Alcheringa 14(3):207-232 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204525: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Pterobranchia | |
Dendrograptus aff. hallianus, Polygonograptus mellaensis n. sp., Aspidograptus smithtonensis n. sp., Desmograptus quiltyi n. sp.
Dendrograptus aff. hallianus Prout 1851 graptolite
Polygonograptus mellaensis n. sp. Rickards et al. 1990 graptolite
Aspidograptus smithtonensis n. sp. Rickards et al. 1990 graptolite
Desmograptus quiltyi n. sp. Rickards et al. 1990 graptolite | |
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Palaeodictyota sp. Whtifield 1902 graptolite
Dictyonema cf. ramosissimum Ruedemann 1947 graptolite
Thallograptus sp. Ruedemann 1925 graptolite
Callograptus praesalteri n. sp. Rickards et al. 1990 graptolite | |
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Archaeolafoea longicornis Chapman 1919 graptolite
Archaeolafoea monegettae Chapman 1919 graptolite | |
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Mastigograptus serialis Chapman and Thomas 1936 graptolite | |
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Aellograptus savitskyi Obut 1964 pterobranch | |