Kyrshabakty River, 1360-8 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 95.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ivshinagnostus ivshini-Irvingella major trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Sakian (497.0 - 492.8 Ma)

• sample 1360-8 from unit VIII (263-308 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone and lithified wackestone

• outer fan lobe; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• wavy-bedded (bioturbated) grey and dark grey lime mudstone and wackestone (detrital limestone), pebble flat breccia of debris flow deposits

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122768: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 05.01.2012, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Proceratopyge fragilis
 Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Liaotropis tropis
Liaotropis tropis Schrank 1975 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Notiobolus indefinitus n. sp.
Notiobolus indefinitus n. sp. Holmer et al. 2001