Kyrshabakty River, 1376-II (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 94.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Neoagnostus quadratiformis-Taenicephalops kyrshabactensis trilobite zone, Bestogai Formation, Aksaian (492.8 - 491.5 Ma)

• sample 1376-II from unit XI (415-530 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• inner fan feeder channels; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• massive carbonate breccia with clayish-detrital matrix

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 122774: 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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unclassified
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Shabactaspis platyformis
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Ephippelasmatidae
Pomeraniotreta obtusa
Pomeraniotreta obtusa Holmer et al. 2001
 Lingulida - Lingulellotretidae
Aboriginella denudata
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
Plicatolina sp.
Plicatolina sp. Shaw 1951 trilobite
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
Abdulinaspis concinnus
Abdulinaspis concinnus Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Tolstotchichaspis gibbosa
 Ptychopariida -
Hospes limbus
Hospes limbus Ergaliev 1980 trilobite