ammonites
Ross River, "reef shoal facies" (Cambrian to of Australia)

Also known as Reef 3024

Where: Northern Territory, Australia (23.5° S, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 169.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Todd River Dolomite Formation, Atdabanian to Atdabanian (520.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• high-energy
• archaeocyath-rich bioherms, 0.3-2.5 m thick and 1-3 m in lenght, large bioherms up to 3 m thick and 9 m long, reef complex 30-50 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. M. Kennard. 1991. Lower Cambrian archaeocyathan buildups, Todd River Dolomite, northeast Amadeus Basin, central Australia: sedimentology and diagenesis. BMR Bulletin 236:195-225 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80920: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.05.2008