HG01, Horse Gully, Stansbury Basin, Yorke Peninsula (Cambrian of Australia)

Also known as HG1

Where: South Australia, Australia (34.9° S, 137.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 161.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bemella communis small shelly zone, Parara Limestone Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Halkieria parva SSF zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, black, gray, green wackestone

• Nodular wackestone consisting of a dark grey to black limestone rich in fossil fragments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96917: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.07.2010, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus filiformis Bengtson et al. 1990
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella fasciculata Bengtson et al. 1990
 Tommotiida - Kennardiidae
Dailyatia ajax Bischoff 1976
Kennardia reticulata Laurie 1986
  -
Micrina pusilla Gravestock et al. 2001
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Hyptiotheca karraculum Bengtson et al. 1990
Parkula bounites Bengtson et al. 1990
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus petilus Bengtson et al. 1990
 Orthothecida -
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca, "Cupittheca clathrata" = Cupitheca
"Cupittheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
"Cupittheca clathrata" = Cupitheca
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Khairkhaniidae
  - Khairkhaniidae
"Ardrossania pavei" = Ardrossania paveyi
"Ardrossania pavei" = Ardrossania paveyi Bengtson et al. 1990
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella madianensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
 Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
Parailsanella lata Parkhaev 2001
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Anhuiconus microtuberus Zhou and Xiao 1984
Anabarella australis Bengtson et al. 1990
Anuliconus campanula n. sp. Parkhaev 2001
Anuliconus magnificus Parkhaev 2001
Pararaconus paradoxus Parkhaev 2001
"Mackinnonia rostrata" = Davidonia rostratum Zhou and Xiao 1984
"Figurina nana" = Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
 Sachitida -
"Halkieria parva" = Australohalkieria parva Bengtson et al. 1990
Hippopharangites dailyi Bengston 1990
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
"Thambetolepis delicata" = Sinosachites
Siphonoconcha
 Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Apistoconcha sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites sexalox Bengtson et al. 1990 jellyfish
Archaeopetasus
  -
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Allonnia ex gr. tripodophora Doré and Reid 1965
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Eremactis sp. Bengston and Conway-Morris 1990
Eremactis mawsoni Bengtson 1990
Aetholicopalla
  -
Aetholicopalla adnata
[entered as Aetholicopala adnata]