Where: South Australia, Australia (35.6° S, 137.5° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° N, 161.2° W)

When: Cambrian Stage 4 (Series 2) zone, Rouge Mudstone Member (Marsden Sandstone Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ)

Primary reference: J. G. Gehling, J. B. Jago, J. R. Paterson, D. C. García-Bellido, and G. D. Edgecombe. 2011. The geological context of the Lower Cambrian (Series 2) Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte and adjacent stratigraphic units, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(3):243-257 [M. Smith/M. Smith]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187498: authorized by Martin Smith, entered by Martin Smith on 31.07.2017, edited by Pete Wagner

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