Where: South Australia, Australia (34.7° S, 137.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° N, 161.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pararaia tatei trilobite zone, Parara Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• Faunal turnover seems to happen after L1851 (47m)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section

Primary reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/S. Nurnberg] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97745: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2010