Kyrshabakty River, 1349-IV-1 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.4° S, 39.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lejopyge laevigata trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Ayusokkanian (499.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• sample 1349-IV-1 from unit VII (132-263 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• outer fan lobe; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• parallel laminated limestone, carbonate turbidite, lime wackestone and packstone of grey and dark grey colour

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. K. Ergaliev and F. G. Ergaliev. 2008. Agnostidy srednego i verkhnego Kembriya Aksayskogo Gosudarstvennogo Geologicheskogo Zakaznika v yushnom Kazakhstane (Kyrshabakty, Malyy Karatau) [Middle and Upper Cambrian Agnostida from the Aksai National Geological Reserve in southern Kazakhstan (Kyrshabakty River, Malyy Karatau Range)] 1-359 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118184: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.10.2011, edited by Marcus Domansky

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Ammagnostus timus n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Tomagnostella sulcifera Wallerius 1895
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus trispinus Zhou and Yang 1977
Clavagnostus spinosus Resser 1938
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis cf. fallax Linnarsson 1869
Peronopsis cf. fallax ferox
Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae