Bunnyeroo Gorge (Ediacaran of Australia)

Also known as BuG_A

Where: South Australia, Australia (31.5° S, 138.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 164.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Sea other zone, Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, medium, white sandstone

• See Gehling, J. G. 2000. Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia. Precambrian Research 100:65-95.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• Museum repository: South Australian Museum (SAM)

Primary reference: M. L. Droser and J. G. Gehling. 2008. Synchronous aggregate growth in an abundant new Ediacaran tubular organism. Science 319:1660-1662 [M. Laflamme/M. Laflamme]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89834: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 15.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Eumetazoa -
Parvancorina minchami
Parvancorina minchami Glaessner 1958
[entered as Parvanchorina sp.]
 Bilaterialomorpha -
Marywadea sp., Spriggina sp.
Marywadea sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Spriggina sp. Glaessner 1958
 Arboreomorpha -
Charniodiscus sp.
 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia costata
Dickinsonia costata Sprigg 1947