Nemnekey Section [Member II, Ust-Yudoma Fm] (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (57.2° N, 132.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° S, 17.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anabarites trisulcatus small shelly zone, II Member (Ust-Yudoma Formation), Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• Anabarites trisulcatus zone; given as Vendian, but Gubanov & Peel (2003: Palaeontology) redate it as upper Nemakit-Daldynian. AGE: Nemakit-Daldynian; refined by A. Hendy (6/2009) on the basis of biostratigraphic data (= Anabarites trisulcatus zone).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray dolomite

• gray bedded dolomiet (from key)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. V. Khomentovsky and G. A. Karlova. 1993. Biostratigraphy of the Vendian-Cambrian beds and the lower Cambrian boundary in Siberia. Geological Magazine 130(1):29-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50414: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Protoconodonta
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Protohertzina anabarica Missarzhevsky 1973
Protohertzina unguliformis Missarzhevsky 1973
Scyphozoa
 Coronatae -
Olivooides sp. Qian 1977 jellyfish
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish