Heritage Places
Heritage Place Details
| LOCATION |
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| Address |
Adnyamathanha Country, FLINDERS RANGES |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Development Plan |
Land Not Within a Council Area (Flinders) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Wilkawillina Archaeocyatha Geological Site, partly located within Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park [Intent to designate as a place of palaeontological significance] |
| Registered Name |
Wilkawillina Archaeocyatha Site |
| Significance |
The massive outcrops of Wilkawillina Limestone in this area contain fossil Archaeocyatha in a state of remarkable preservation on a scale rarely found in other parts of the world. Archaeocyathae, which partly resembled both sponges and coral, are known to be the first great reef builders in the sea, with a wide geographical distribution, and are the earliest fossils to be preserved in the Cambrian sediments of South Australia. Their appearance is used as a marker fossil to differentiate between Precambrian rocks and the earliest Cambrian rocks. Their preservation in South Australia is exceptional and various species from this locality have been used for correlation with other regions worldwide. Several Type Sections for Early Cambrian fossiliferous rocks, including that of the Wilkawillina Limestone, have been designated in the locality. (Adapted from HB Assessment Report) Authorized date: 14-MAR-2006
The massive outcrops of Wilkawillina Limestone in this area contain fossil Archaeocyatha in a state of remarkable preservation on a scale rarely found in other parts of the world. Archaeocyatha, which partly resembled both sponges and coral, are known to be the first great reef builders in the sea, with a wide geographical distribution, and are the earliest fossils to be preserved in the Cambrian sediments of South Australia. Their appearance is used as a marker fossil to differentiate between Precambrian rocks and the earliest Cambrian rocks. Their preservation in South Australia is exceptional and various species from this locality have been used for correlation with other regions worldwide. Several type sections for Early Cambrian fossiliferous rocks, including that of the Wilkawillina Limestone, have been designated in the locality.
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| Subject Index |
Landscape area - Palaeontological Site; Landscape area - Natural Landscape; Landscape area - Geological Site |
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State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
19-AUG-1993 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Unincorporated SA |
| State Heritage ID |
14377 |
| Heritage Number |
74 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CL 6213/306 D84473 A11,CR 6228/877 D90825 Q61 |
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