Locality F-127. Kurzhaksai section (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 81.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Unit 9 Member (Uzunbulak Formation), Abereiddian (468.0 - 461.1 Ma)

• Kopaly Substage = lower Llanvirn

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous siltstone and shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone

• BA3-4
• Siltstones and fine grained sandstones with lenses and beds (0·3-0·8 m) of coquinoid sandy limestones, total 10-40 m thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: O. I. Nikitina, L. E. Popov, R. B. Neuman, M. G. Bassett, and L. E. Holmer. 2006. Mid Ordovician (Darriwilian) brachiopods of South Kazakhstan. In M. G. Bassett, V. K. Deisler (eds.), Studies in Palaeozoic palaeontology 25:145-222 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165594: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Taphrodonta kelleri
Taphrodonta kelleri Nikitina et al. 2006
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bekella paula
Bekella paula Nikitina et al. 2006
 Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Aporthophyla kasachstanica
Aporthophyla kasachstanica Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Apatomorpha cita, Toquimia margiata
Apatomorpha cita Rukavishnikova 1956
Toquimia margiata Nikitina et al. 2006
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Chonetoidea sp.
Chonetoidea sp. Jones 1928
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Trondorthis sp., Taphrorthis sp., Paralenorthis rgaitensis
Trondorthis sp. Neuman 1974
Taphrorthis sp. Cooper 1956
Paralenorthis rgaitensis Nikitina 1985