Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, sample 620 (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° S, 78.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anderken Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• probably unit 5

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siltstone and lithified limestone

• bedded limestones, intercalated with siltstones and mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Bulk collection refers to brachiopods only

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80281: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis burultasica
Plectorthis burultasica Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Ranorthidae
Eodalmanella extera
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina n. sp.
Dolerorthis pristina n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Grammoplecia wrighti
Grammoplecia wrighti Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Mabella conferta, Shlyginia fragilis
Mabella conferta Popov 1985
Shlyginia fragilis Rukavishnikova 1956