D74. Unit 5. (Cambrian of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (21.9° S, 139.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.5° N, 114.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ptychagnostus punctuosus trilobite zone, Quita Creek Formation, Undillan (503.0 - 500.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dolomitic, sandy limestone

• Dolomitic limestone, ellipsoids in sandy friable matrix; very fossiliferous

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. A. Öpik. 1979. Middle Cambrian agnostids: systematics and biostratigraphy. . Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 172:1-188 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225222: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
"Svenax pusillus" = Peronopsis (Svenax) pusillus
"Svenax pusillus" = Peronopsis (Svenax) pusillus Tullberg 1880
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
"Aotagnostus culminosus" = Aotagnostus culminosus Öpik 1979
"Aotagnostus protentus" = Aotagnostus culminosus Öpik 1979
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae