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Watsonella crosbyi from the lower Cambrian (Terreneuvian, Stage 2) Normanville Group in South Australia

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SARAH M. JACQUET ,
THOMAS BROUGHAM Open the ORCID record for THOMAS BROUGHAM [Opens in a new window] ,
CHRISTIAN B. SKOVSTED ,
JAMES B. JAGO ,
JOHN R. LAURIE ,
MARISSA J. BETTS ,
TIMOTHY P. TOPPER  and
GLENN A. BROCK
SARAH M. JACQUET*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
THOMAS BROUGHAM
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
CHRISTIAN B. SKOVSTED
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
JAMES B. JAGO
Affiliation:
School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
JOHN R. LAURIE
Affiliation:
Geoscience Australia GPO Box 378 ACT, 2601, Canberra
MARISSA J. BETTS
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
TIMOTHY P. TOPPER
Affiliation:
Palaeoecosystems Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
GLENN A. BROCK
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, 2109, Australia
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†Author for correspondence: sarah.jacquet@mq.edu.au
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Abstract

Correlation of lower Cambrian strata is often confounded by provincialism of key fauna. The widespread occurrence of the micromollusc Watsonella crosbyi Grabau, 1900 is therefore an important biostratigraphic signpost with potential for international correlation of lower Cambrian successions. Previous correlations of W. crosbyi from Australia (Normanville Group) suggested an Atdabanian- to Botoman-equivalent age. However, in the upper part of the Mount Terrible Formation, stratigraphic ranges of W. crosbyi and Aldanella sp. cf. golubevi overlap prior to the incoming of vertically burrowed ‘piperock’, which is indicative of an age no earlier than Cambrian Stage 2. The stratigraphic range of W. crosbyi in the Normanville Group, South Australia correlates with the ranges of the taxon in China, France, Mongolia and Siberia (though not Newfoundland). The new Australian data add further support for considering the first occurrence of W. crosbyi a good potential candidate for defining the base of Cambrian Stage 2. The stratigraphic range of W. crosbyi through the lower Cambrian Normanville Group has been determined based on collections from measured sections. Although rare, W. crosbyi is part of an assemblage of micromolluscs including Bemella sp., Parailsanella sp. cf. murenica and a sinistral form of Aldanella (A. sp. cf. A. golubevi). Other fauna present include Australohalkieria sp., Eremactis mawsoni, chancelloriids and Cupitheca sp.

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Normanville GroupAldanellabiostratigraphySunnaginiaStansbury Basin
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Geological Magazine , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , September 2017 , pp. 1088 - 1104
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