Shelly fossils from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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Introduction
The White Point Conglomerate (WPC) is part of the Kangaroo Island Group, a ~2000 m thick package of mostly siliciclastic rocks that crops out on the northern and central parts of Kangaroo Island, South Australia (Fig. 1).The WPC occurs stratigraphically below the famous Emu Bay Shale (EBS; Paterson et al. 2008Paterson et al. , 2016) ) and Marsden Sandstone (Fig. 2) and contains allochthonous limestone clasts that are conspicuous due to the abundant and diverse archaeocyath fauna they contain (Gravestock 1995;Gehling et al. 2011; Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).Dating and correlation of the WPC has been difficult due to uncertainties in tracing equivalent facies, and lack of in situ biostratigraphic controls.Previous attempts at biostratigraphically constraining and correlating the WPC and the clasts it contains have been made using archaeocyaths (Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).These genus-level assessments correlated the WPC with the late Botoman stage of the Siberian scheme.However, archaeocyaths are subject to strong facies dependence and high levels of endemism, making it difficult to assign accurate ages (Peng et al. 2012;Betts et al. 2016Betts et al. , 2017aBetts et al. , b, 2018)).Hence, application of complementary temporal proxies is required.
Early Cambrian shelly fossils are widely applied as biostratigraphic tools for relative dating and correlation (Steiner et al. 2004(Steiner et al. , 2007;;Devaere et al. 2013;Guo et al. 2014;Yang et al. 2015;Betts et al. 2016Betts et al. , 2017b)).The new shelly fossil biostratigraphic scheme for the lower Cambrian of South Australia (Betts et al. 2016(Betts et al. , 2017b) employs a wide variety of shelly taxa.Stratigraphic ranges of Dailyatia species, in addition to other key tommotiid and brachiopod taxa form the backbone of this scheme, supplemented by range data of various ecdysozoans and molluscs.These biozones have recently been integrated with δ 13 C chemostratigraphy and CA-TIMS radiometric dates from volcanic ash beds, which has produced a tightly resolved regional chronostratigraphy, enabling robust regional and global correlation of the lower Cambrian successions in South Australia (Betts et al. 2016(Betts et al. , 2017a(Betts et al. , b, 2018;;Jago et al. 2018).In this paper we describe the diverse shelly fauna from the WPC limestone clasts, which includes arthropods (trilobites and bradoriids), organophosphatic brachiopods, tommotiids and problematica .We apply the new shelly fossil biostratigraphic scheme developed by Betts et al. (2016Betts et al. ( , 2017b) ) and the new chronostratigraphic scheme for South Australia (Betts et al. 2018) to re-evaluate the ages of the WPC clasts and adjacent units.

Geological setting
The WPC is part of the Kangaroo Island Group, which crops out on northern Kangaroo Island, southwest of Fleurieu Peninsula on mainland South Australia (Fig. 1).At the time of deposition of the WPC, South Australia was equatorial, positioned in the tropical carbonate development zone (Brock et al. 2000;Gehling et al. 2011).Deposition of the WPC is likely related to tectonic extension throughout the Stansbury Basin (Belperio et al. 1998).Uplift and rapid erosion of Proterozoic-lower Cambrian rocks led to the deposition of the WPC and associated units as fan deltas accumulated against an uplifted fault block (Daily and Forbes 1969;Daily et al. 1980;Gehling et al. 2011).Conglomeratic boulders decrease in size and the unit thins to the south, suggesting the uplifted source area was located to the north of the present-day coastline of Kangaroo Island (Gehling et al. 2011).Imbricate clasts also suggest flow direction was toward the south (Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).
The WPC is up to ~580 m thick, though thickness can vary considerably (Gehling et al. 2011).In the coastal sections where the WPC is thickest, the lower 170 m consists of a fine, red, feldspathic sandstone with minor siltstone and shale (Daily et al. 1980;Gehling et al. 2011; Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).An erosional surface separates this interval from the overlying 410 m of polymictic, very poorly sorted, and mostly clast-supported conglomerate (Gehling et al. 2011).These characteristics, as well as the angular to sub-rounded clasts, indicate minimal transport (Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).The poorly-sorted calcareous lithic sandstone matrix surrounding the clasts has a markedly different composition to the red sandstone at the base of the unit, suggesting some variation in the source of the sediments (Gravestock 1995).Fine-grained sandstone and mudstone units are interspersed throughout the conglomerate, but are rare and feature erosive upper boundaries at contacts with successive conglomerate beds.Trilobite fragments have been found in a mudstone interval in the WPC (Gravestock 1995), and Gehling et al. (2011) note trilobite-like traces in mudstone and sandstone beds.
A wide variety of lithologies are represented by the WPC clasts, such as gneiss, quartzite, chert, granite, red sandstone, and abundant carbonates, including dolostone and archaeocyath-rich limestone (Gravestock 1995;Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).The largest clasts are up to 1.5 m across, and limestone clasts reach approximately 0.3 m across (Daily et al. 1980).Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) produced many thin sections of the archaeocyath-rich limestone clasts.They described both reef fabrics (calcimicrobe-archaeocyath boundstone, framestone and cementstone in which the components were organically bound during deposition; Lokier and Al Junaibi 2016) and inter-reef fabrics (floatstone with transported archaeocyaths in a matrix of bioclasts, intraclasts, and peloids).The only other occurrence of archaeocyaths on Kangaroo Island is in a thin, oolitic bed at the top of the Mt.McDonnell Formation (Gehling et al. 2011, Kruse andMoreno-Eiris 2013).These archaeocyaths are similar to those from the bioherms in the lower part of Fork Tree Limestone on Fleurieu Peninsula (Kulparina rostrata Zone) (Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013;Betts et al. 2018), and bear little resemblance to the archaeocyaths from the WPC bioclastic limestone clasts (Gravestock 1995).
Immediately above the WPC is the Rouge Mudstone Member of the Marsden Sandstone, which contains the emuellid trilobite Balcoracania dailyi (Gehling et al. 2011;Paterson 2014).The facies represented by the Marsden Sandstone and lower Emu Bay Shale represent a localised deepening event due to subsidence, post deposition of the WPC (Gehling et al. 2011).Minor conglomerate beds in the basal part of the Emu Bay Shale indicate a sequence boundary (Gehling et al. 2011;Kruse and Moreno-Eiris 2013).Gehling et al. (2011) note that the conglomerate in the lower EBS has clast compositions similar to those in the WPC, implying a similar source for these deposits.
White Point Conglomerate.-Onsedimentological grounds, the lower Cambrian succession on Kangaroo Island in the southern Stansbury Basin has little in common with the northwestern and eastern successions of the basin on the Yorke and Fleurieu peninsulas, respectively, and likely post-dates the development of Terreneuvian, Stage 2 carbonate facies in these regions (Gehling et al. 2011;Betts et al. 2018).Uncertainties in tracing equivalent facies and lack of in situ biostratigraphic controls have impeded reliable dating and correlation of the WPC.Within the Stansbury Basin, the WPC has previously been correlated with the upper Parara Limestone (containing the KLM) on Yorke Peninsula, and the upper Heatherdale Shale on the Fleurieu Peninsula (Gravestock 1995).In contrast, Gehling et al. (2011) correlated the WPC with the lower Minlaton Formation on Yorke Peninsula and the lower Kanmantoo Group on Fleurieu Peninsula, based on widespread changes in depositional patterns.
Placing an upper age limit of Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4 on the WPC is achievable with trilobites.In particular, the emuellid trilobite Balcoracania dailyi not only occurs in the overlying Marsden Sandstone and Emu Bay Shale on Kangaroo Island (Stansbury Basin), but also in the Billy Creek Formation of the Arrowie Basin (Fig. 2) (Pocock  1970; Paterson and Edgecombe 2006;Paterson et al. 2007a;Gehling et al. 2011).The Billy Creek Formation is considered Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4 (Pararaia janeae Zone) in age (Jell in Bengtson et al. 1990;Paterson and Brock 2007;Betts et al. 2017b), which is supported by a radiometric (CA-TIMS) date of 511.87 ± 0.14 Ma obtained from a volcanic ash bed in this formation (Betts et al. 2018).A lower age bracket for the WPC can now be determined using the abundant shelly fauna from the bioclastic limestone clasts (see below).
In their comprehensive study of the archaeocyaths from the WPC clasts, Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) suggested Fig. 2. Correlation chart showing shelly fossil biozones against the strati graphic succession in the Flinders Ranges, Fleurieu Peninsula, and Kangaroo Island (adapted from Betts et al. 2018: fig. 27).Note: The succession in the NE Kangaroo Island is based on the Investigator-1 drill core in which the Mt.McDonnell Formation is not apparent (Gehling et al. 2011) Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) suggested that the WPC bioclastic limestone was likely sourced from the KLM on Yorke Peninsula.The KLM and Ajax Limestone contain the diverse Syringocnema favus archaeocyathan assemblage, which was also considered mid-to late Botoman by Zhuravlev and Gravestock (1994).However, Paterson et al. (2007b) considered the KLM to be of a slightly older (pre-Pararaia janeae Zone) age, based on the close shelly faunal similarities between the KLM (Stansbury Basin) and the Ajax Limestone and other units in the Arrowie Basin.Recent biostratigraphic and chemostratigraphic evi dence clearly demonstrates that the Ajax Limestone is no younger than the Pararaia tatei Trilobite Zone (correlatable with the Atdabanian Stage of Siberia), and straddles the Terreneuvian, Stage 2-Series 2, Stage 3 boundary (approximately equivalent to the Tommotian-Atdabanian in Siberian terminology; Fig. 2) (Betts et al. 2016(Betts et al. , 2017b(Betts et al. , 2018)).
The shelly fauna recovered from the WPC limestone clasts shares some similarities with the faunal assemblage described from the KLM (Paterson et al. 2007b), but also shelly fossil assemblages from the Arrowie Basin.Both the WPC and KLM contain D. odyssei and S. crenulatus (diagnostic taxa for the D. odyssei Zone [Series 2, Stages 3-4]), the brachiopods Cordatia erinae Brock and Claybourn gen.et sp.nov.(previously referred to as Obolidae gen.et sp.indet.by Paterson et al. 2007b), Curdus pararaensis and Eoobolus sp., and similar hyolithelminth forms.However, D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., E. elkaniformiis, S. yorkensis, K. davidii, L. fasciculata, Kelanella sp., and M. squamifer have not been recorded from the KLM.In the DBS section in the central Flinders Ranges, D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.(= Dailyatia sp.A of Betts et al. 2017b: fig. 4) co-occurs in a single horizon with D. odyssei, K. davidi, M. squamifer, S. crenulatus, and S. yorkensis in the upper Mernmerna Formation (above the Bunkers Sandstone), which falls within the upper range of L. fasciculata, as well as trilobite taxa of the lower P. janeae Zone (= latest D. odyssei Zone) (Topper et al. 2007;Skovsted et al. 2015a;Betts et al. 2017b).In the Mt.Chambers area in the eastern Flinders Ranges (NB section), the only horizon containing D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.also falls within the range of D. odyssei, L. fasciculata, and E. elkaniformiis (Skovsted et al. 2015a;Betts et al. 2017b: fig. 10).These shelly fossil cooccurrences suggest an upper D. odyssei Zone age (= P. tatei to lower P. janeae trilobite zones) for the sampled limestone clasts from the WPC, equivalent to the Atdabanian-early Botoman in Siberia (Betts et al. 2018: fig. 27).
This contrasts slightly with the age determination by Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013), who suggested that the WPC clasts are late Botoman.This assessment was based on the occurrence of similar archaeocyaths from the KLM (Parara Limestone; Stansbury Basin) and the Ajax Limestone (Arrowie Basin), and a compilation of stratigraphic ranges of archaeocyath genera (Zhuravlev and Gravestock 1994: table 6).New shelly fossil data and revised correlations for these units (Paterson et al. 2007b;Betts et al. 2016Betts et al. , 2017b;;herein), supplemented by recent chemostratigraphic and radiometric data (Betts et al. 2018), support the older ages of these strata.It is also important to note that Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) reported some archaeocyath genera from the WPC that only otherwise occur in early Botoman or older strata, suggesting that an older age interpretation for the WPC is indeed possible based on archaeocyaths alone.
Previous studies have noted strong similarities between the bioclastic limestone clasts from the WPC and the KLM, with Daily et al. (1980), Daily (1990) and Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) suggesting that the latter unit is likely the source of the WPC clasts.This is a reasonable proposal, given that there is little other evidence for local sources of bioclastic limestone of this particular age; the archaeocyathan assemblages from the Sellick Hill Formation and Fork Tree Limestone on Fleurieu Peninsula are considerably older (Fig. 2; Debrenne and Gravestock 1990;Zhuravlev and Gravestock 1994;Betts et al. 2018).This suggestion is also supported by the similar shelly faunas from the KLM and WPC.

Material and methods
Shelly fossils were leached from six limestone clasts (each 20-25 cm in diameter) using standard acetic leaching techniques (10% acetic acid solution, washed every 5 days until complete dissolution).Insoluble residues were wet sieved through 60 μm and 125 μm sieves, dried and picked with a stereomicroscope.Selected specimens were mounted on stubs, gold coated and imaged on the JEOL 6480LA scanning electron microscope at Macquarie University, Sydney.
Archaeocyaths were present in all six clasts from the WPC that were acid processed.Four clasts yielded shelly fossils, however only Clasts 1, 4 and 5 produced abundant, well-preserved shelly fossils.Shelly material from the remaining clasts was limited and fragmentary.Clasts 1-3 were sampled by JRP during fieldwork in 2010 from the same locality at Cape D'Estaing as the clasts studied by Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) for archaeocyath taxa (WGS84 coordinates: 35°34'53" S, 137°29'06" E).Kruse and Moreno-Eiris (2013) noted shelly taxa in thin sections prepared for their study, including trilobite debris, ?brachiopods, chancelloriids and sponge spicules, amongst other indeterminate shelly material.Clasts 4-6 were also sampled by JRP during fieldwork in 2018 from the same locality.
All figured specimens have been assigned SAM P numbers and are stored in the palaeontological collections of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide.Taxonomic authorship is as follows: the trilobite Trachoparia?sp.(JRP); brachiopods (GAB and TMC); the tommotiid Kelanella sp.(CBS); all other taxa (MJB).
Remarks.-The cranidia from the limestone clasts of the WPC, while fragmentary, preserve enough features to confidently assign them to the Solenopleuridae.Of the many genera erected within this family (Jell and Adrain 2003), the WPC taxon is most similar to species of Trachoparia from the Miaolingian of North China (Chang 1963;Zhang and Jell 1987;Yuan et al. 2012).Shared cranidial characters include: a prosopon exhibiting pustules of differing sizes; wide axial, anterior border, and posterior border furrows; short (sagittal) anterior border; and the absence of a preglabellar field.Obvious differences in the specimens documented here relate to the shape of the glabella and the occipital ring.The WPC taxon possesses a rather pointed glabellar anterior (Figs.3A 1 , 4E), compared to the more rounded frontal glabellar lobes of Trachoparia species from North China (Chang 1963;Zhang and Jell 1987;Yuan et al. 2012).In this regard, the WPC specimens more closely resemble a fragmentary cranidium from the Changhia Formation in Shandong, North China (Zhang and Jell 1987: pl. 42: 5) that was questionably assigned to the solenopleurid Eilura.The WPC taxon also has a subquadrate occipital ring, the lateral extremities of which appear to terminate at the axial furrows (Fig. 4D, E).In contrast, specimens of Trachoparia from North China (e.g., Chang 1963: pl. 1: 12;Zhang and Jell 1987: pl. 42: 11;Yuan et al. 2012: pl. 87: 1-3, pl. 88: 4, 7, 10, 12a, pl. 107: 18) show an occipital ring that tapers abaxially and extends onto the proximal posterolateral corners of the fixigenae.Based on cranidial material alone, it is difficult to ascertain if these differences are interspecific within the concept of Trachoparia (sensu Yuan et al. 2012), or whether the WPC taxon warrants placement in another (possibly new) genus, hence the tentative assignment here.
Description.-Isolated,broken or fragmentary hollow spines.Spines are straight or slightly curved, and bear distinctive, regularly arranged, rhomboid scales along their length (Fig. 5).Individual scales can be up to ~25 μm wide, and inclined at an angle to the spine, oriented toward the tip or narrower end of the spine.Where spines retain a flared base, scales are reduced to low pustules (Fig. 5F).
Remarks.-All material in the WPC is represented by isolated, broken spines.A single, fragmentary specimen retains the flared base (Fig. 5F).While several Mongolitubulus species have been recovered with the spine and shield intact, the type species Mongolitubulus squamifer is known only from isolated spines, and none have been found attached to a bradoriid shield (Topper et al. 2013).The taxonomic difficulties associated with isolated bradoriid spines are well documented (Skovsted et al. 2006;Topper et al. 2007Topper et al. , 2013;;Li et al. 2012;Caron et al. 2013).Li et al. (2012) showed that the ornament on Mongolitubulus spines is similar on spines of the trilobite Hupeidiscus orientalis (Li et al. 2012).However, as Topper et al. (2013) pointed out, there is a significant size difference between the trilobite spines and those attributed to Mongolitubulus, which are generally larger.Caron et al. (2013) also showed a strong similarity between Mongolitubulus spines and the dorsal spines of the lobopod Hallucigenia.Distinguishing between disarticulated spines of bradoriids and lobopods may be difficult, but Caron et al. (2013) suggested that the spines of Hallucigenia lack flaring spine bases, and the presence of such structures in the WPC material support the bradoriid affinity of M. squamifer.Mongolitubulus squamifer spines from the WPC are consistently broken, so their maximum length cannot be ascertained, however the largest specimen is ~300 μm in width, which conforms to the maximum width of M. squamifer spines (Topper et al. 2013).The WPC specimens also exhibit the distinctive rhombic scales characteristic of the species (Fig. 5).On the specimen that retains the flared base, the scales are reduced to rounded pustules, and are more widely spaced (Fig. 5F).This is similar to the ornament on spines of other Mongolitubulus species which becomes gradually less pronounced on the proximal parts closer to the shield (Betts et al. 2014(Betts et al. , 2017b)).Description.-Shellsare biconvex to weakly ventribiconvex in profile, but variable in outline, ranging from slightly longer than wide (Fig. 6B, C) to equidimensional in juvenile shells to slightly transversely oval in larger shells.Valves of Eodicellomus elkaniiformis from the WPC clasts are relatively large (up to ~5 mm width; Fig. 6B, C), biconvex shells with strongly thickened visceral platforms.Mature shells (normally greater than 2 mm width) are on average 92% as long as wide; maximum shell width at, or just posterior of, mid-length.
Ventral valve with a distinctly acuminate beak (Fig. 6E 2 , G). Pseudointerarea apsacline, wide, taking up on average 75% valve width.Propareas are well-developed, narrow and subtriangular with curved anterior edges.Propareas have flattened to gently concave surfaces, are thickened distally and are raised above the valve floor (Fig. 6E-G).Pedicle groove is deeply set below the level of the pseudointerarea and is defined within the umbo by a distinctive concave triangular plate that does not reach, or is only slightly adpressed to the valve floor (Fig. 6F).Flexure lines are well-developed.
Interior of the ventral valve in mature specimens is greatly thickened, developed as a high, raised, visceral platform.Posterior slope of the platform hosts a pair of elongate central muscle scars (Fig. 6E, F).Postero-lateral muscle scars narrowly sub-elliptical to kidney-shaped, occurring on variably elevated muscle pads, that in mature specimens form distinctive platforms, raised high above the valve floor (Fig. 6E, F).Vascula lateralia gently curved distally and may be deeply impressed (Fig. 6E).Dorsal valve with a rounded posterior margin.Pseudointerarea is anacline, flattened with a broad, triangular median plate (Fig. 6B-D).Propareas are long, curved, sometimes enrolled, and very narrow with well-developed flexure lines (Fig. 6A, D).Dorsal visceral area is deeply recessed and concave in the posterior half of the valve, gradually thickening and increasing in elevation to form a platform hosting a pair of central muscle scars (Fig. 6A-D).Median ridge develops just posterior of mid-valve, directly between the raised central muscle scars, and extends and widens anteriorly of central muscle scars (Fig. 6A, D).Postero-lateral muscle scars are elongate, widely divergent and elevated on the postero-lateral slopes of the valve on distinctive muscle pads.In mature and gerontic dorsal valves the postero-lateral muscle pads form into blunt-ended "brachiophore-like" projections that merge posteriorly with the pseudointerarea and are supported anteriorly by distinctive short ridges (Fig. 6C).Vascula lateralia are straight, deeply incised, very widely divergent and extend to the anterior margin (Fig. 6A).Vascula media arise just anterior of mid valve on either side of the median ridge as deeply incised, relatively broad, straight, weakly divergent grooves (Fig. 6A).
Remarks.-Valves of Eodicellomus elkaniiformis from the WPC clasts have biconvex shells with strongly thickened visceral platforms.Recent SEM and microCT work on E. elkaniiformis from the Arrowie Basin has resolved details of internal morphology not previously attainable with traditional SEM techniques (Jacquet et al. 2018).Exfoliated shells from the WPC reveal a characteristic, layered microstructure, which is comparable with their findings (Fig. 6E,  F).This shows that within the secondary layer, rhythmic compact laminae are separated by either apatite infills or void spaces, once likely filled with organic-rich (chitinous) matrix.This microstructure occurs in both valves, though are more prevalent in dorsal valves which exhibit greatly thickened platforms.Jacquet et al. (2018) showed that these raised platforms tend to exhibit more secondary loss of the organic-rich material, often leaving obvious void spaces in the shells in these areas.
Eodicellomus is comparable to members of the recently reintroduced family Neobolidae Walcott and Schuchert in Walcott, 1908, as they have the diagnostic trilobate thickened visceral platform on the ventral valve, and platforms developed on the dorsal valve interior (Popov et al. 2015: 23).However, Eodicellomus has well-developed flexure lines on both the dorsal and ventral propareas and wide pseudointerarea, which are not present in other members of the Neobolidae (Fig. 8C 3 , D, E; Popov et al. 2015).
Stratigraphic and geographic range.-Eoobolus is a globally distributed genus: See Ushatinskaya and Korovnikov (2014: 31) for a recent synopsis of the distribution of this taxon.
Remarks.-Assignment to the Eoobolidae relies on characters such as a pitted metamorphic shell and a pustulose adult shell that Balthasar (2009) showed was variably expressed, and hence not useful for family-level taxonomic designation.Balthasar (2009) placed Eoobolus in the Zhanatellidae, as material from the Mural Formation (Canadian Rocky Mountains) exhibited fine pits on both the metamorphic and adult shells in addition to other characters diagnostic of the Zhanatellidae.The diagnosis of Zhanatellidae Koneva, 1986  cludes a flattened ventral valve pseudointerarea with variably developed flexure lines, with no information provided on the elevation of the dorsal pseudointerarea (Popov and Holmer 1994: 70).Eoobolus is referred to the Eoobolidae herein, which can be distinguished from the Zhanatellidae in having a ventral pseudointerarea elevated above the valve floor with both a deep pedicle groove and well-developed flexure lines, and with a dorsal pseudointerarea always divided and raised above the valve floor (Holmer et al. 1996: 41).Distinguishing between species of Eoobolus is problematic since most exhibit high intraspecific variability (Balthasar 2009;Ushatinskaya and Korovnikov 2014).The most stable character in Eoobolus for determining species appears to be the apical angle in adult ventral valves (Balthasar 2009), along with the relative width and length of the ventral propareas (Ushatinskaya and Korovnikov 2014).The few specimens recovered from the WPC have apical angles of approximately 80°, within the range of Eoobolus priscus (Poulsen 1932) from the Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland (Cambrian Series 2) (70-90° according to Skovsted and Holmer 2005: 332) and E. aff.viridis from the Xihaoping Member of Shaanxi Province, China (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3) (80-90° according to Li and Holmer 2004: 197).The ventral propareas of Eoobolus sp. from the WPC are more slender than the broader triangular propareas of Eoobolus aff.viridis (compare Fig. 7A, B with Li and Holmer 2004: fig.6K, 7G).The elongate, slender propareas and triangular pedicle groove of the WPC specimens are also similar to Eoobolus siniellus (Pelman, 1983)  Material.-Fifteendorsal valves and 24 ventral valves from Clast 1, nine dorsal valves and 21 ventral valves from Clast 4 and 219 dorsal valves and 288 ventral valves from Clast 5; 17 figured (SAM P57345-57261).All from the Dailyatia odyssei Zone, WPC, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Remarks.-The recent history of this monogeneric linguloid family has been discussed in detail by Skovsted and Holmer (2006) and Streng et al. (2008) and need not be repeated here.The discovery of a pitted larval shell and columnar shell structure in specimens of Kyshabaktella sp. from the lower Cambrian Harkless Formation, Nevada (Skovsted and Holmer 2006: fig. 3) and the recognition of similar shell structure in valves of K. mudedirri from the middle Cambrian of the Georgina Basin (see Kruse 1991: fig. 6c) indicates that columnar shell structure is relatively widespread within Lingulida.It should be noted that the presence of columnar shell structure and a pitted metamorphic shell has not yet been documented in the type species of the genus, K. certa from the Wuliuan-early Drumian of Kazakhstan.Until these structures are confirmed in the type species, it is possible that the described specimens from Nevada and Australia do not belong to Kyrshabaktella (sensu stricto).
Specimens of Kyrshabaktella davidi from the WPC reach a much larger maximum size (up to 2.85 mm in length, 2.56 mm in width, Fig. 7H 1 ) than those originally described by Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. (2001), who reported valve lengths of 0.96-1.25 mm and widths of 1.02-1.17mm for material from the CD-2 drillcore, Parara Limestone on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.This is less than half the maximum dimensions of K. davidi from the WPC.
On ventral valves of K. davidi from the WPC, the pedicle groove is typically more adpressed to the valve floor (Fig. 7D-H, S, T), whereas specimens from the Parara Limestone have a pedicle groove raised above the valve floor (Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. 2001: pl. 20: 1b, 6).Specimens from the WPC lack the vascula lateralia and vascula media described figured by Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. (2001: pl. 20: 1b, 5b), though this may be preservational.
Ventral valve pseuodinterarea broad, apsacline, forming shelf and gently curved posterior margin.Propareas are long, with flexure lines, and separated by deep triangular pedicle groove (Fig. 8D, F).Ventral valve interiors poorly preserved, valve floor with single, large, recessed scar, and no information retained of the viscera (Fig. 8D, F).Dorsal valve with more rounded posterior margin; pseudointerarea rudimentary, anacline, and with short propareas separated by a shallow pedicle groove (Fig. 8E, G, H).Well-preserved specimen interior (Fig. 8E) with raised slope immediately anterior of pedicle groove, developing into trilobate platform that extends for most of the valve floor.
Remarks.-This taxon was originally described from subsurface cores CurD1B and SYC-101 through the KLM (of the Parara Limestone) in the Stansbury Basin by Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. (2001: 130, pl. 22: 1-14).This material was very fragmentary, consisting mostly of broken interareas and metamorphic shells (Gravestock et al. 2001: pl. 22: 1-14).Additional examples of C. pararaensis are also fragmentary (Paterson et al. 2007b;Betts et al. 2016Betts et al. , 2017b)).Material from the WPC is also often abraded and damaged, though some shells retain outline morphology, revealing that the valves may have been in excess of 3 mm wide (Fig. 8B) and grossly sub-circular to sub-pentagonal in outline (Fig. 8A, B, C 1 , D-H).External surfaces of the valves are also abraded, but some retain concentric growth lines, radial "drapes" and striae (Fig. 8C).
Curdus pararaensis bears some similarities to Minlatonia tuckeri Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Grave stock et al., 2001.Major differences include ornamentation and the convexity of the valves.However, presentation of external ornament is controlled by preservation, and the shape of the valves in M. tuckeri was based on few intact (possibly juvenile) specimens.Hence, it is possible that C. pararaensis and M. tuckeri may be conspecific, though additional, well-preserved material is required to test this.
Remarks.-This species was originally assigned to Karathele Koneva 1986, which has since been synonymised with Schizopholis, a genus known from Cambrian Stage 4 of Australia, Antarctica and the Himalaya (Popov et al. 2015).
In their original description of material from the Stansbury Basin, Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. (2001: 129) reported a maximum shell length of 1 mm and maximum width of 1.1 mm.The new material from the WPC includes shell fragments over 2 mm wide (Fig. 9A, C 1 ).In addition, the width of the metamorphic shell was described as "150-160 mm across" in the original description Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al. (2001: 129), and despite the fact that the "mm" should have actually been in microns, the average size of the metamorphic shell is actually 360 μm in width (Fig. 9C 2 ).Schizopholis yorkensis from the WPC has a delthyrium that is broad and divergent throughout ontogeny (Fig. 9D,  F), distinguishing it from Schizopholis napuru Kruse, 1990, in which the delthryium converges later in ontogeny (Kruse 1990: pl.12: A, B, F).Schizopholis yorkensis can also be distinguished from other members of Schizopholis in having only two dorsal tubercles on the metamorphic shell (Fig. 9B,  C), distinguishing it from Schizopholis quadrituberculum Percival and Kruse, 2014 and the type species Schizopholis coronata Koneva, 1986, which have four (see Holmer et al. 2001: pl. 17  opment of characters such as the dorsal medium septum and the apical process and apical pits on the interior of the ventral valves (Li and Holmer 2004: 207).Like the specimens from the Flinders Ranges, the material from the WPC clasts do not have the well developed apical pits manifest in the Chinese specimens, hence are referred to Eohadrotreta sp.cf.E. zhenbaensis.Zhang et al. (2018) defined three distinct ontogenetic stages for Eohadrotreta zhenbaensis in specimens from the Shuijingtuo Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 3, Ajiahe and Wangjiaping sections, Three Gorges area, western Hubei Province, China), some of which are relevant to the identification of Eohadrotreta.Firstly, in valves <450 μm in length, the foramen is developed from a pedicle notch ("pedicle foramen forming stage", T1).Secondly, when the valve is 450-750 μm in length, a shallow intertrough and apical process develops in the ventral valve ("pedicle foramen enclosing stage", T2) (Zhang et al. 2018: figs. 4L, 5A).Thirdly, when the ventral valve interior has a valve length of >750 μm, the vascula lateralia is developed (Zhang et al. 2018: fig.5G), and on dorsal valves <900 μm in length, the bifurcating median septum is developed ("intertrough increasing stage", T3) (Zhang et al. 2018: fig.5K, L).These growth patterns are observed in Eohadrotreta sp.cf.E. zhenbaensis from the WPC, as well as Eohadrotreta sp.
cf. E. zhenbaensis from the upper Mernmerna Formation (10MS section of the Bunkers Graben, South Australia, Cambrian Series 2, D. odyssei Zone; Brock in Betts et al. 2017b).In the Australian material, an impressed vascula lateralia is not developed in smaller ventral valves (Fig. 10C, D; Betts et al. 2017b: fig.15B), but is present in larger specimens (cf.Fig. 10K).In contrast, the median septum of Eohadrotreta sp.cf.E. zhenbaensis from the WPC is not as well developed as in specimens from western Hubei, even in individuals >900 μm in length (Fig. 10H, N).
Eohadrotreta sp.cf.E. zhenbaensis from the WPC can be distinguished from Eohadrotreta zhujiahensis Li and Holmer, 2004 from Cambrian Series 2 Shuijingtuo Formation, South China by its pedicle foramen becoming enclosed early in ontogeny (Li and Holmer 2004 Diagnosis.-Thesame as for the type species. Remarks.-The weakly developed obtuse (Fig. 11A 1 , D) to linear (Fig. 11B, C 2 ) cardinal platform (lateral extremities broken away in some specimens, Fig. 11J-M), orthocline ventral delthyrium and interarea, presence of a pair of very large muscle scars in both valves, and a smooth adult shell with drapes, wrinkling and concentric filae, suggest an affinity with the Order Paterinida.In addition, the stratiform organophosphatic ultrastructure in Cordatia Brock and Claybourn gen.nov. is closely comparable with the shell ultrastructure in cryptotretids, such as Cryptotreta undosa from the lower Cambrian of Sweden (e.g., Williams et al. 1998: pl. 5: 2).Better preserved shells of Cordatia Brock and Claybourn gen.nov., especially from the Ajax Limestone (Fig. 11A-E), are similar to Paterina Beecher, 1891 in general shape and outline, and both taxa lack a  Pelman, 1977 andAskepasma Laurie, 1986.However, Aldano treta and Askepasma have much more clearly defined and strongly developed cardinalia.In addition, Askepasma has a distinctive reticulate shell surface ornament (Topper et al. 2013: fig. 2C 2 ) that is also reflected in the ultrastructure of the shell (Topper et al. 2013: fig.7D), which is absent in Cordatia Brock and Claybourn gen.nov.
Stratigraphic and geographic range.-Asfor the type species, see below.Brock and Claybourn sp. nov. Figs. 11, 12. 2007 Obolidae gen. et sp. indet.;Paterson et al. 2007b: 138-139  Diagnosis.-Small,uniformly convex ventral valve with transversely obtuse cardinal platform.Delthyrium incipient, little more than a weak, very shallow depression, set on a variably developed platform in front of a relatively small, flat orthocline beak.Ventral muscle field large, transverse with median ridge bounded postero-laterally by divergent low, but well-defined ridges.Interior of dorsal valve paratypes with distinctive rounded cardinal ridge forming the pseudointerea immediately in front of a small recurved beak.A low, narrow well-developed median ridge originates in umbonal chamber and widens and flattens anteriorly to approximately mid valve.A pair of large, elongately ovoid, weakly divergent, centrally located muscle scars straddle the median ridge forming a distinctly cordate muscle field.

Cordatia erinae
Description.-Shell of variable size (length 0.53-3.82mm, mean 1.6 mm; width 0.48-3.95mm, mean 1.76 mm, N = 6), biconvex to ventribiconvex, outline ranging from transversely subrectangular to semi-circular in outline; fragmentary specimens often loose cardinal extremities and can appear subovoid in outline (Fig. 11J, K).Metamorphic shell relatively large, circular, seemingly smooth (though poorly preserved in most specimens) with diameter between 0.18-0.25 mm; metamorphic shell margin poorly delineated from adult shell (Fig. 11C 1 ).Adult shell smooth, with relatively widely spaced, undulose and irregular imbricating lamellae (Fig. 11E), better developed towards shell margin; concentric laminae/filae interrupted by nick points and drapes, occasional wrinkles in well preserved specimens (Fig. 11E).Reticulate micro-ornament absent.Shell structure composed of densely packed stratiform apatitic laminae (Fig. 12) occasionally with crustose or spherulitic interlaminae (Fig. 12B 2 , C 2 ).Columnar features lacking.Ventral valve with transversely obtuse cardinal platform (Fig. 11A 1 , D, G); propareas very narrow, tapering and becoming indistinct laterally (Fig. 11A 1 ).Delthyrium is little more than a flattened or weakly concave platform (Fig. 11A) distinguished from propareas by presence of a slightly depressed platform located directly anterior of the weakly incurved beak (Fig. 11A).Homeodeltidium absent.Ventral valve interior with few morphological features.Ventral valve with large, indistinct visceral transverse muscle field bisected by very low, narrow short, incipient median ridge in umbo; postero-lateral margins of muscle field with well developed, narrow, gently curved bounding ridges (Fig. 11A 3 ).Dorsal valve weakly, but evenly convex, with straight posterior margin.Propareas anacline, narrow, forming a relatively flat continuous platform extending laterally across entire cardinal area (Fig. 11B); beak short, recurved.Homeochilidium absent.Interior of dorsal valve with well-developed, low narrow median ridge originating in umbo, extending, widening and flattening beyond anterior margin of muscle field.A pair of large, elongately ovoid, weakly divergent, centrally located muscle scars occur either side of the median ridge (Fig. 11B, F); muscle scars distinctly cordate in outline.Postero-lateral muscle bounding ridges of the central muscle scars poorly defined (Fig. 11B,   F, L).Postero-lateral muscles present but weakly impressed and indistinct.Mantle canal system not preserved.
Remarks.-Stoibostrombus crenulatus is represented by curved, conical sclerites known only from the lower Cambrian of South Australia (Arrowie and Stansbury basins), and are commonly found as disarticulated components in shelly fossil residues.They have a distinctive external orna ment that is often abraded, especially toward the apex.Skovsted et al. (2011) demonstrated that the external ornament is variable and can range from nodose plates to pustules, synonymising Stoibostrombus mirus (Demidenko in Gravestock et al., 2001), S. cf.crenulatus (Conway Morris and Bengtson in Ben gt son et al., 1990) and S. crenulatus.The WPC specimens appear highly abraded and are often smooth or with very weak external texture (Fig. 13A, B, C 1 , E, F).Ornament is often best developed around the base or abapical edge (Fig. 13D).
Original composition is likely to have been phosphatic, and S. crenulatus does not show evidence of growth by marginal accretion (Skovsted et al. 2011).The abapical edge of sclerites is irregular, and composite (fused) specimens are rare (Skovsted et al. 2011).Despite recovery of articulated sclerites, the gross scleritome morphology remains elusive, and phylogenetic affinity continues to be problematic.Skovsted et al. (2011) suggest that the sclerites of S. crenulatus may have been the dermal armour of an ecdysozoan, possibly a palaeoscolecid worm (Skovsted et al. 2011: 656).
Remarks.-Lapworthella fasciculata is a common component in early Cambrian shelly fossil assemblages from South Australia.It can be extremely abundant in some horizons, e.g., probable lag deposit accumulations in the Second Plain Creek Member of the Wilkawillina Limestone, Bunkers Graben, Flinders Ranges (Smith 2006;Betts et al. 2016: app. 8).Lapworthella fasciculata in the WPC is represented by isolated sclerites that are either curved, conical shells with a sub-quadrate cross-section (Fig. 13H, I, M, N), spinelike forms (Fig. 13J, K) or are broad and flattened (Fig. 13L).Growth sets are separated by slightly raised ridges (Fig. 13H, J, M), usually ornamented by small (5-10 μm across) pustules (Fig. 13G).Lapworthella fasciculata is often septate (though septae are not visible in the WPC material).
Lapworthella sclerites occur as either sinistrally and dextrally twisted forms, and conjoined elements are rare (Demi denko 2004: pl.1: 1-9; Gravestock et al. 2001: pl. 8: 3).Fused sclerites demonstrate that the skeletal elements were closely spaced on the body, merging during growth to form an external skeleton (Demidenko 2004).The broad, flattened sclerite from the WPC appears to have had multiple apices (Fig. 13L), though none of the sclerites from the WPC exhibit the elaborate spinose morphology of the conjoined sclerites described by Demidenko (2004).
Lapworthella fasciculata from the WPC are similar to L. fasciculata described and figured by Topper et al. (2009: fig.5A-H Species of Lapworthella were globally distributed during the early Cambrian, and have been recovered from east and west Avalonia, Baltica, Laurentia, Siberia, South China and West Gondwana (Missarzhevsky in Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966;Qian and Bengtson 1989;Bengtson 1980;Devaere et al. 2014a;Devaere and Skovsted 2017).Lapworthella fasciculata is only known from the lower Cambrian of South Australia, where it ranges from the Micrina etheridgei Zone to the Dailyatia odyssei Zone (Terreneuvian, Stage 2-Series 2, Stage 3) in the new shelly fossil biostratigraphic scheme of Betts et al. (2016Betts et al. ( , 2017b)).Material assigned to L. fasciculata by Wrona (1989) from Antarctic glacial erratics may be a species of Kelanella.Both have septate sclerites with similar concentric and radial ornament (Devaere et al. 2014a;Betts et al. 2017b).The scleritome of Kelanella is still poorly resolved (see below), though sclerites assigned to Kelanella are often large (fragments up to ~5 mm in width; Betts et al. 2017b: fig.14N-U).Lapworthella fasciculata sclerites are usually up to ~1 mm long (Fig. 13I-N).
A single, ~1 mm long, elongate, flattened tube-like sclerite from the WPC clasts is assigned to Kelanella sp. (Fig. 13O).This sclerite and L. fasciculata both have similar external ornament of concentric co-marginal growth sets.Growth sets consist of fine, raised ribs bordering thicker zones with longitudinal, fasciculate striae (Fig. 13G, N, O 4 ).The taxa can be distinguished by the presence of pustulose ridges separating growth sets in L. fasciculata and the presence of fine pustules on the internal surface of Kelanella sp. (Fig. 13O 7 , O 8 ), which is not present in L. fasciculata.
Description.-Single,flattened, spine-like sclerite bearing concentric, fasciculate, growth-related ornamentation (Fig. 13O).Both ends of specimen with open apertures.Smaller aperture is smooth (likely intact) and larger aperture has jagged edges (Fig. 13O 1 -O 3 , O 6 ).Cross section oval with width gently increasing (from about 300-400 μm) towards wider aperture, although in the central zone, the width decreases slightly (Fig. 13O 1 ).In lateral view, the sclerite profile is gently undulating with a marked change in growth direction coinciding with central zone of decreasing width (Fig. 13O 2 ).Width of concentric growth increments variable (from about 25-100 μm), with more narrow growth increments in the central zone (Fig. 13O 4 ) and close to the smaller aperture (Fig. 13O 6 ).Internally, sclerite bears ornamentation of fine pustules (Fig. 13O 7 , O 8 ).Remarks.-Kelanella is a tommotiid genus with a more or less global distribution from Cambrian Stage 3 to the Wuliuan (Devaere et al. 2014b).The sclerites of Kelanella are large by comparison to most other tommotiids and are characterized by multitude of internal septa and a characteristic "gridded" ornament of transverse and longitudinal ribs, often with fine longitudinal striations between ribs (Devaere et al. 2014b;Yang et al. 2015).A large number of morphologically variable sclerite morphs are known and these have often been described under different generic names (see review in Devaere et al. 2014b), but the scleritome is still poorly understood (Devaere et al. 2014b;Yang et al. 2015) and the taxonomic composition of this genus remains uncertain, pending review of larger sclerite assemblages.
In the collections from the WPC, Kelanella is represented by a single long, flattened, spine-shaped sclerite with the characteristic external ornament of fine longitudinal striations (Fig. 13O 1 -O 6 ).Apart from the broken aperture, the wall of the single sclerite is complete and internal septa could not be observed.However, similar spine-shaped and septate sclerites are often associated with the more characteristic broad sclerites of Kelanella in assemblages from Siberia (with specimens described under the generic name Tesella Missarzhevsky and Grigorieva, 1981, now considered a junior synonym of Kelanella by Devaere et al. 2014b) (Missarzhevsky and Grigorieva 1981: pl. 11: 15), France (Devaere et al. 2014b: fig.9J-L), South China (Yang et al. 2015: fig.12F-G), as well as in undescribed collections from Greenland and Siberia (CBS, personal observation 2018).This type of sclerite morphology is not known from other tommotiids.Betts et al. (2017b) reported Kelanella sp. as a minor component of the fauna of the D. odyssei Zone of the Arrowie Basin.Although no spine-shaped sclerites were illustrated (Betts et al. 2017b: fig.14N-U), such sclerites occur in the associated assemblages, closely matching the morphology of the specimens recovered from the WPC, suggesting these collections originate from a single, as yet undescribed species (MJB, CBS, personal observations 2018).
Remarks.-Dailyatia odyssei is the only species of the genus known from both South Australia and Antarctica.In South Australia, it has a stratigraphic range (spanning most of Series 2, Stage 3) that is mutually exclusive of most other species of Dailyatia, such as D. ajax, D. macroptera, D. bacata, and D. helica. Hence, D. odyssei is an important age-diagnostic taxon in the South Australian early Cambrian biostratigraphic scheme developed by Betts et al. (2016Betts et al. ( , 2017b)), and is the eponym for the youngest biozone.
Only three D. odyssei sclerites have been recovered from the WPC clasts.External ornament clearly distinguishes them from the co-occurring D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.Ornament on both the A2 and C2 sclerites is typical of D. odyssei; both morphotypes exhibit low, closely set concentric ribs (Fig. 14A 1 , B, C), unlike the extravagant pustules seen in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.None of the specimens display the strong pseudoplicae seen in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.
The A2 sclerites from the WPC are fragmentary, but exhibit a wide, poorly defined deltoid, and a weak lateral trough between the posterolateral and the first lateral plicae, as seen in specimens of D. odyssei from the Flinders Ranges (Fig. 14A 1 , B; Skovsted et al. 2015a: fig. 46).The central plica of the C2 sclerite is well-developed, but not "wall-like", as in the Flinders Ranges specimens (Skovsted et al. 2015a: fig. 49), and the sclerite may only be weakly coiled (Fig. 14C).Delicate reticulate microornament is well-developed on ribs and pustules, and weakly on the inter-rib grooves.Ornament generally smooths toward apex.No A2 or B sclerites have been recovered.A1 sclerites are bilaterally symmetrical, with a V-shaped apertural outline (Fig. 15).A1 sclerites have very strongly developed second anterolateral plicae that delimit a concave anterior field (Fig. 15B 1 , C, D).The weak first anterolateral plicae and posterolateral plicae define narrow, elongate, triangular lateral troughs (Fig. 15J).Deltoid is strongly convex, and demarcated by weak postero-lateral creases.Field between posterolateral plication (delineating the lateral field at the posterior) and lateral crease (delineating the deltoid) slightly concave (for descriptive terminology for Dailyatia species see Skovsted et al. 2015a: fig. 5).Well-developed pustulose ornament and microreticulation occurs on ribs on the lateral and posterior fields, smoothing toward triangular apex.Pseudoplicae often formed by alignment of pustules.Pustules and microreticulation not developed on the anterior field, which exhibits fine, closely spaced, concentric wrinkles (Fig. 15C, G 2 ).
C1 sclerites are triangular in apical outline with a deeply concave ventral field and convex dorsal field, resulting in a narrow internal cavity (Fig. 16A-C).Ventral field is significantly shorter than the dorsal field resulting in a wide apertural outline (Fig. 16B, C, F, G 2 , L). Weakly developed radial plication on the dorsal field demarcates convex distal and slightly concave proximal fields.Apex with a single perforation.Pustulose ornament well developed on dorsal field, and weakly developed on ventral field.Triangular C2 sclerites exhibit strong torsion, and are not as compressed as C1 sclerites, with a relatively large internal cavity (Fig. 17A-F).Apertural outline is triangular.Broad dorsal field is defined by two strong radial plicae.Ventral field is concave, and is slightly shorter than the dorsal field.
C2a sclerites are elongate (high length:width ratio), with a triangular outline.Sclerites are strongly curved and highly compressed with convex ventral fields and concave dorsal fields (Fig. 18).Sclerites are slightly torted, with the apex often twisting toward the concave ventral surface (Fig. 18C,  E).Weakly developed central plication occurs on broad dorsal surface separating often slightly concave proximal field from convex distal field (Fig. 18D 1 ).Pseudoplication is well developed through the alignment of pustules on concentric ribs on the dorsal and ventral surfaces.Ornament on dorsal surface generally more strongly developed than on ventral surface, particularly concentric ribs (Fig. 18G, H).Ornament smooths toward apex.Apex with single perforation.
Remarks.-Only two sclerites of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.have been previously described; an A1 sclerite from the Mernmerna Formation (Pararaia janeae Zone) in the Donkey Bore Syncline, and a C1 sclerite from the North Boundary Creek section through the Mernmerna Formation in the Mt.Chambers area, eastern Flinders Ranges (likely P. janeae Zone) (Dailyatia sp.A in Skovsted et al. 2015a: fig. 51A-E;Betts et al. 2017b: figs. 4, 10).New material from the WPC conforms to the description of Dailyatia sp.A by Skovsted et al. (2015a).The A1 sclerites of this taxon from both the Flinders Ranges and the WPC have very narrow lateral fields, very broad anterior and posterior fields, and a very broad deltoid.The C1 sclerite from the Chambers Gorge area has a concave ventral field that is much shorter than the concave dorsal field, similar to that in the C1 sclerites from the WPC.
Sclerites from the Arrowie Basin and the WPC are united by their distinctive external ornament (Fig. 17G-I).Sclerites generally have weakly developed radial plication and strong concentric ribs.Well developed, rounded pustules on the concentric ribs align to create strong pseudoplication on all sclerites, particularly on dorsal surfaces.Ornament on ventral surfaces is less well developed, and pustules are not as closely spaced.Pustular ornament is not developed at all on the anterior field of the A1 sclerites (Fig. 15C).Abundant new material from the WPC clearly show well developed reticulate micro-ornament on the pustules along the commarginal ribs, with slightly weaker micro-ornament on the inter-rib grooves, and a smooth, narrow, slit-like groove between growth sets (Fig. 17G 2 , G 3 ).Material from the Arrowie Basin exhibits elevated, rounded pustules, however Skovsted et al. (2015a) did not observe any reticulate micro-ornament on the specimens from the Donkey Bore Syncline or the Mt.Chambers area, though this is likely due to abrasion and the small sample size.
Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov. is readily distinguished from D. ajax, which is characterised by numerous strong radial plicae on all sclerite morphs.In contrast, D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.sclerites have few radial plicae, with aligned pustules forming pseudoplicae on broad, convex dorsal and also occasionally on concave ventral surfaces.Dailyatia macroptera, while bearing fewer radial plicae than D. ajax, is still considerably more plicate than D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., particularly on the anterior field.This is unlike the anterior field in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., which is convex and bears fine, concentric wrinkles rather than plicae or pseudoplicae.
Like D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., D. bacata also bears a pustulose ornament with microreticulations that can align to form pseudoplicae.However, this ornament differs from that in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.as the pustules in D. bacata, while discrete, have relatively low relief.In D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., the pustules can have substantial relief from the surrounding surface of the comarginal rib, often rising to form dull points.Alignment of these pustules to form strong pseudoplicae is a characteristic feature of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov., and is often only weakly developed in other species.
The C1 sclerite of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.has a similar triangular outline and pyramidal shape to C1 sclerites of Dailyatia odyssei.However, C1 sclerites of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.differ in that they do not exhibit the same strong central plication on the dorsal field observed in D. odyssei (Skovsted et al. 2015a).In addition, the micro-ornament on the external surfaces of D. odyssei consists of fine, flattened pustules at regular intervals along the crests of the concentric ribs.This is unlike the relatively large, raised pustules in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.
Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov.A1 sclerites bear some similarities to those of Dailyatia helica as both have concave anterior fields that lack radial plicae or pseudoplicae.In both taxa, micro-ornament is instead better developed on the deltoid.In addition, both species have C2a sclerites.In D. helica, C2a sclerites are very strongly compressed and recurved, with the apex coiling over the ventral field in a tight whorl (Skovsted et al. 2015a: fig. 40).The C2a sclerites of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.are also compressed, with a reduced internal cavity, and while they are recurved, the apex does not coil over the ventral surfaces as in D. helica.Like the C1 sclerites in D. helica, C1 sclerites in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.also appear compressed with a narrow internal cavity.However, C1 sclerites of D. helica have a complex pyramidial shape due to strong plication on the dorsal field, which is unlike C1 sclerites in D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.
Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov.bears similarities to sclerites from the King George Island glacial erratics described as Dailyata ajax by Wrona (2004).These sclerites exhibit similar gross morphological characteristics, including compression and strong curvature, particularly in the C sclerites (Wrona 2004: figs.8A-E, 10A-C).In the King George Island material, micro-ornament can be developed as blade-like projections with fine reticulations (Wrona 2004: fig. 11A 5 , A 6 ), similar to that seen in some specimens from the WPC (Fig. 17I).However, the B sclerite illustrated by Wrona (2004: fig. 11D 6 ) bears a subdued, beaded micro-ornament unlike that in the WPC specimens, and the King George Island specimens do not feature the strong pseudoplication characteristic of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.from the WPC.Skovsted et al. (2015a) noted the unique combination of characters in the Dailyatia specimens from the King George Island erratics and suggested that this assemblage may include more than one species.B sclerites of D. decobruta Betts sp.nov.have not been recovered from the WPC.However, the distinctive morphologies of the A1, C1, C2, and C2a sclerites, coupled with the unique and easily identifiable external micro-ornament, is sufficient to distinguish this taxon from all previously described species of Dailyatia.Across most Dailyatia species, the A2 and B sclerites are relatively rare components of the scleritome, and it is anticipated that the as yet unknown B sclerites and perhaps A2 sclerites will be found when larger sample sizes are acquired.Material.-Hundreds of specimens (all damaged or incomplete) from bioclastic Clasts 1, 4, and 5, 9 figured (SAM P57368-57376).From the Dailyatia odyssei Zone, WPC, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Remarks.-Small, phosphatic tubes are extremely common in lower Cambrian shelly fossil assemblages and constitute a large proportion of the fauna from the WPC clasts.Rare instances of hyolithelminths preserved in life position (Aftenstjernesø Formation in North Greenland) confirmed that the tubular Hyolithellus at least, lived buried within the substrate with the aperture emerging at the sediment-water interface, probably with a filter-feeding lifestyle (Skovsted and Peel 2011).Chang et al. (2018) described diverse early Cam brian tubular or conical fossils preserved as crack-outs with shells, and as carbonaceous compressions demonstrating that some taxa lived in gregarious communities clustered on the seafloor.Unfortunately, taxonomic identification of most early Cambrian tubes is complicated by their relatively simple morphologies and commonly fragmentary remains, particularly of those recovered via acid leaching methodologies.
The relative abundance of tubular forms in lower Cambrian shelly fossil assemblages is likely to be influenced by the suitability of available substrate.Betts (2012) noted that abundance of hyolithelminths increased in micritic and microbial limestone facies.These facies correspond with soft, muddy microbial substrates that may have been easier to penetrate in low energy conditions where smothering or accidental burial was less likely.Abundance of tubes in the limestone clasts in the WPC may be a result of hydrodynamic sorting or other biostratinomic processes concentrating these (and other) shelly fossils prior to burial.
Main morphologies of tubular fossils from the WPC include straight or very weakly curved specimens with circular cross-sections, similar to Hyolithellus (Fig. 19C-F).Diameter of these tubes can range from 150-1000 μm.Tubes may have thin walls or be thickened with multiple growth layers and have faint external concentric annulations, though external textures are likely to have been affected by abrasion.Others are compressed with an oval cross section, often split along the broadest side, bifurcating into two diverging halves/thecae as in Sphenothallus (Fig. 19A, B; Li et al. 2004).These tubes may display a basal disc, which has been inferred as a method of substrate attachment (Bischoff 1989;Li et al. 2004).However, the holdfast or any other type of attachment structure is absent from all of the WPC specimens, which are consistently damaged or abraded, truncated at both ends, or split along the entire length of the tube.
A smaller proportion of the hyolithelminths from the WPC have distinctive, rapidly expanding, flattened tubes (Fig. 19G-I).Their cross section changes from circular at the narrow end to compressed and oval-shaped at the wider end.Similar tubes were reported by Paterson et al. (2007b: fig.5A-C) from the KLM (Parara Limestone).Paterson et al. (2007b) noted that early Cambrian phosphatic tubes often exhibit a combination of characters belonging to a variety of taxa (Paterson et al. 2007b).They exhibit similar growth patterns, and it is possible that differences in gross morphology are due to environmental influences, rather than having taxonomic significance.Hence, the material here is left under open nomenclature.

Conclusions
The combination of new shelly fossil biostratigraphic data (Betts et al. 2016(Betts et al. , 2017b)), carbon isotope chemostratigraphic data, and radiometric dates has resulted in a reassessment of the ages and regional and global correlations of the lower Cambrian successions in South Australia (Betts et al. 2018).Correlating the predominantly siliciclastic successions on Kangaroo Island with the lower Cambrian successions on the Yorke and Fleurieu peninsulas (Stansbury Basin), and in the Flinders Ranges (Arrowie Basin) has proven difficult (Gehling et al. 2011).The WPC, in particular, lacks in situ biostratigraphic control, hence age assessment and correlation of this formation relies upon determination of the relative ages of strata that bracket the unit, as well as the fossiliferous clasts it contains.The WPC limestone clasts yield a rich shelly fauna, with many taxa being age-diagnostic, especially Dailyatia odyssei and Stoibostrombus crenulatus.These key species and other accessory taxa indicate that the WPC limestone clasts are likely to be upper D. odyssei Zone in age, equivalent to the Atdabanian-early Botoman in Siberia (Fig. 2; Betts et al. 2018).
Deposition of the WPC and age-equivalent strata on Fleurieu Peninsula signalled a major shift in depositional regime in the Stansbury Basin during the early Cambrian, resulting in a change from mostly carbonate-dominated to siliciclastic-dominated successions.The upper age limit of the WPC itself is constrained by biostratigraphic data from the overlying Marsden Sandstone and Emu Bay Shale, indicating that the unit cannot be younger than Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4 (Pararaia janeae Zone) in age.The shelly fossils from the bioclastic limestone clasts of the WPC indicate an upper D. odyssei Zone age, equivalent to the Pararaia tatei to lower P. janeae trilobite zones.If some of the WPC limestone clasts are indeed as young as the P. janeae Zone-as suggested by the presence of Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov.and co-occuring taxa in the Donkey Bore Syncline of the Arrowie Basin (Betts et al. 2017b)-this indicates that the original limestone source was cannibalised and redeposited as a constituent of the WPC in a relatively short timeframe, most likely due to rapid uplift along a tectonic margin to the north of Kangaroo Island (Gehling et al. 2011).

Fig. 1 .
Fig. 1.Map showing study area on northern Kangaroo Island, Australia.Dashed line indicates Stansbury Basin extent.

Fig. 6 .
Fig. 6.The lingulid brachiopod Eodicellomus elkaniiformis Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al., 2001 from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-G) valves.A. SAM P57235 in interior view.B. SAM P57236 in interior view.C. SAM P57237 in interior view.D. SAM P57238 in interior view.E. SAM P57240 in interior (E 1 ) and oblique (E 2 ) views.F. SAM P57241 in oblique view.G. SAM P57239 in oblique view.

Fig. 7 .
Fig. 7.The lingulid brachiopods Eoobolus sp.(A-C) and Kyrshabaktella davidi Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al., 2001 (D-T) from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Ventral (A-H, N, Q-T) and dorsal (I-M, O, P) valves.A. SAM P57242 in internal view.B. SAM P57243 in internal view.C. SAM P57244, in external view (C 1 ); C 2 , detail of post larval shell.D. SAM P57245 in internal view.E. SAM P57246 in oblique view.F. SAM P57247 in internal view.G. SAM P57248 in internal view.H. SAM P57249 in internal view (H 1 ); H 2 , detail of the interarea.I. SAM P57250 in internal view.J. SAM P57251 in internal view.K. SAM P57252 in internal view.L. SAM P57253 in internal view.M. SAM P57254 in internal view.N. SAM P57255 in external view.O. SAM P57256 in external view (O 1 ); O 2 , detail of external radial and concentric ornament.P. SAM P57257 in external view.Q. SAM P57258 in external view.R. SAM P57259 in external view.S. SAM P57260 in internal view.T. SAM P57261 in internal view.
Fig. 8.The lingulid brachiopod Curdus pararaensis Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al., 2001 from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Dorsal (A, B, E, G, H) and ventral (C, D, F) valves.A. SAM P57262 in external view.B. SAM P57263 in external view.C. SAM P57264 in external (C 1 ) and oblique (posterior) (C 2 ) views; C 3 shows external ornament of faint concentric growth lines.D. SAM P57265 in internal view.E. SAM P57266 in internal view.F. SAM P57267 in internal view.G. SAM P57268 in internal view.H. SAM P57269 in internal view.

Fig. 9 .
Fig. 9.The lingulid brachiopod Schizopholis yorkensis (Holmer and Ushatinskaya in Gravestock et al., 2001) from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Dorsal (A-C, E) and ventral (D, F) valves.A. SAM P57270 in external view.B. SAM P57271 in external view.C. SAM P57272 in external view (C 1 ); C 2 , detail of the larval shell; C 3 , external pustulose ornament.D. SAM P57273 in external view (D 1 ); D 2 , detail of the larval shell.E. SAM P57274 in internal view.F. SAM P57275 in external view (F 1 ); F 2 , detail of the larval shell.

Fig. 10 .
Fig. 10.The lingulid brachiopod Eohadrotreta sp.cf.E. zhenbaensis Li and Holmer, 2004 from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.Dorsal (A, B, H-J, M, N) and ventral (C-G, K, L) valves.A. SAM P57276 in external view (A 1 ); A 2 , detail of the larval shell.B. SAM P57277 in external view.C. SAM P57278 in internal view.D. SAM P57279 in internal view.E. SAM P57280 in external view.F. SAM P57281 in external view, tilted to show intertrough (F 1 ); F 2 , detail of the foramen.G. SAM P57282 in external view, tilted to show intertrough (G 1 ); detail of the foramen (G 2 ) showing the intertrough.H. SAM P57283 in internal view.I. SAM P57284 in internal view; I 2 , close up of interarea; I 3 , detail of shell microstructre.J. SAM P57285 in internal view.K. SAM P57286 in internal view.L. SAM P57287 in internal view.M. SAM P57288 in internal view.N. SAM P57289 in internal view.

Fig. 11 .
Fig. 11.The lingulid brachiopod Cordatia erinae Brock and Claybourn gen.et sp.nov.from the lower Cambrian of South Australia, Ajax Limestone, Flinders Ranges (AJX-M/415) (A-E) and White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island (F-S).Ventral (A, D, G) and dorsal (B, C, E, F, H-S) valves.A. SAM P53644, holotype in internal (A 1 ) and oblique (A 2 ) views; A 3 , detail of the delthyrium, propareas, and muscle field.B. SAM P57290 in internal view.C. SAM P57291 in external view (C 1 ); C 1 , detail of the metamorphic shell.D. SAM P57292 in external view.E. SAM P57293, detail of external ornament.F. SAM P57294 in oblique internal view.G. SAM P57295 in internal view.H. SAM P57296 in external oblique view.I. SAM P57297 in external view.J. SAM P57298 in internal view.K. SAM P57299 in internal view.L. SAM P57300 in internal view.M. SAM P57301 in internal view.N. SAM P57302 in internal view.O. SAM P57303 in external view.P. SAM P57304 in external view.Q. SAM P57305 in external view.R. SAM P57306 in external view.S. SAM P57307 in external view.

Fig. 12 .
Fig. 12.Shell microstructures of Cordatia erinae Brock and Claybourn gen.et sp.nov.from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.A. SAM P57308, ventral valve in oblique internal view (A 1 ); A 2 -A 4 , details of laminar shell microstructure.B. SAM P57309, dorsal valve in oblique internal view (B 1 ); B 2 , detail of laminar shell microstructure.C. SAM P57310, shell fragment in oblique internal view (C 1 ); C 2 , detail of laminar shell microstructure.

Fig. 16 .Fig. 17 .
Fig. 15.The A1 sclerites of the camenellan tommotiid Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov.from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.A. SAM P57329 in apical view.B. SAM P57330 in apical view (B 1 ); B 2 shows the broad, convex deltoid.C. SAM P57331 in anterior view.D. SAM P57332 in apical view.E. SAM P57333 in apical view.F. SAM P57334 in apical view.G. SAM P57335 in apical view (G 1 ); G 2 shows the concentric, wrinkled ornament on the anterior field.H. SAM P57336 in apical view.I. SAM P57337 in apical view.J. SAM P57338 in oblique lateral view.K. SAM P57339 in oblique lateral view.

Fig. 18 .
Fig. 18.C2a sclerites of the camenellan tommotiid Dailyatia decobruta Betts sp.nov.from the lower Cambrian White Point Conglomerate, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.A. SAM P57360 in ventral view; A 1 -A 3 , multiple views showing strong convexity and compression of sclerite.B. SAM P57361 in lateral view.C. SAM P573762 in oblique ventral view (C 1 ); C 2 , slightly rotated view showing extreme compression of sclerite.D. SAM P57363 in dorsal view; D 1 , D 2 , different views showing strong curvature of sclerite and weak plication on dorsal surface.E. SAM P57364 in dorsal view, E 1 , E 2 , multiple views showing strong curvature (including weak torsion).F. SAM P57365 in ventral view.G. SAM P57359, holotype in dorsal view.H. SAM P57366 in ventral view.I. SAM P57367 in oblique ventral view.
Zonethat material from all sampled clasts was representative of the same fauna, a view supported here based on shelly fossil data, and correlated it with the late Botoman (Series 2, Stage 4) of the Siberian scheme.They also noted strong similarities with post-Flinders Unconformity archaeocyath faunas from the Stansbury and Arrowie basins, particularly the KLM (Parara Limestone) and the Ajax Limestone, respectively.
Material.-Twodorsal valves and a single ventral valve from Clast 4 and seven dorsal valves and six ventral valves from Clast 5; six figured (SAM P57270-57275).From the Dailyatia odyssei Zone, WPC, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
suggest that S. crenulatus may have a relatively long stratigraphic range.Six Mile Bore, Linns Springs and Third Plain Creek members of the Mernmerna Formation, central Flinders Ranges.Stansbury Basin (D. odyssei Zone): Parara Limestone and KLM, in addition to the Ramsay, Stansbury and Coobowie limestones, Yorke Peninsula; WPC clasts, Kangaroo Island.
) from the Mernmerna Formation in the Flinders Ranges (D. odyssei Zone).Both bear the pustulose ridges and distinctive fasciculate microornament between co-marginal ribs, and both assemblages include spine-like forms and curved, pyramidal forms with quadrate apertures.Betts  et al. (2017:fig.21A-G,K)also figured L. fasciculata from the Wilkawillina Limestone and Mernmerna Formation in the Flinders Ranges that exhibit the same sub-quadrate pyramidial morphology and microornament as in the WPC specimens.