Ediacara Range (Ediacaran of Australia)

Where: South Australia, Australia (30.9° S, 138.1° E: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 165.1° 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)

• Older papers put this in Pound Quartzite, which is now a subgroup.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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: J. G. Gehling. 1988. A cnidarian of actinian-grade from the Ediacaran Pound Subgroup, South Australia. Alcheringa 12:299-314 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89842: authorized by Marc Laflamme, entered by Marc Laflamme on 15.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Eumetazoa -
 Erniettomorpha -
Vendiamorpha
  - Yorgiidae
Praecambridium sigillum n. gen. n. sp.
Praecambridium sigillum n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Arboreomorpha -
Arborea arborea, "Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa
Arborea arborea Glaessner 1959
"Rangea longa n. sp." = Arborea longa Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Triradialomorpha -
Tribrachidium heraldicum Glaessner 1959
Mawsonites
  -
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp.
Mawsonites spriggi n. gen. n. sp.
Inaria karli
  -
Inaria karli Gehling 1988
Ovatoscutum concentricum
  -
Ovatoscutum concentricum Glaessner and Wade 1966
Rugoconites enigmaticus
  -
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp.
Rugoconites enigmaticus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Rangeomorpha - Charniidae
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis
"Rangea grandis n. sp." = Charnia grandis Glaessner and Wade 1966
Medusinites asteroides
  -
Aspidella terranovica
  -
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica, "Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica
"Ediacaria flindersi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Beltanella gilesi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa davidi" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa plana n. sp." = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa radiata" = Aspidella terranovica Billings 1872
Kimberia quadrata
  -
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp.
Kimberia quadrata n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Medusae
  -
Lorenzinites rarus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Tetraradialomorpha -
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp.
Conomedusites lobatus n. gen. n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Bilaterialomorpha -
Spriggina floundersi Glaessner 1958
? Spriggina ovata n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia elongata n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Dickinsonia tenuis n. sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Dickinsonia costata Sprigg 1947