Angepena syncline, Uratanna Fm. (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.5° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.7° N, 161.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uratanna Formation, Manykaian (538.8 - 529.0 Ma)

• stated as lowermost Cambrian correlative with Nemakit-Daldynian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

• fine-grained swaley-ripplie-topped sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: S. Jensen, J. G. Gehling, and M. L. Droser. 1998. Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments. Nature 393:567-569 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51882: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Kullingia
  -
Kullingia concentrica
Kullingia concentrica Föyn and Glaessner 1979
 Erniettomorpha -
aff. Swartpuntia sp.
aff. Swartpuntia sp. Narbonne et al. 1997
listed as Swartpuntia-like (new taxon)
 Ichnofossils -
Taphrhelminthopsis circularis, Treptichnus pedum