PBDB Collection

Kyrshabakty River, 1354-I (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 25.4° S, 43.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Innitagnostus inexpectans-Prochuangia trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Sakian (497.0 - 492.8 Ma)

• sample 1354-I 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 118260: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae	"Chuangia tolli" = Schantungia, Aedotes sp., Prochuangia mansuyi "Chuangia tolli" = Schantungia trilobite Aedotes sp. Opik 1967 trilobite Prochuangia mansuyi trilobite
Corynexochida - Corynexochidae	Corynexochus plumula Corynexochus plumula Whitehouse 1939 trilobite
Olenida - Pterocephaliidae	Protemnites sp., Pedinocephalites minimus Protemnites sp. Whitehouse 1939 trilobite Pedinocephalites minimus Rozova 1964 trilobite
Olenida - Aphelaspidae	Olenaspella sp., Eugonocare cf. tessellatum Olenaspella sp. Wilson 1956 trilobite Eugonocare cf. tessellatum Whitehouse 1939 trilobite
Ptychopariida - Elviniidae	Prismenaspis trisulcatus Prismenaspis trisulcatus Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
Asaphida - Ceratopygidae	Proceratopyge nectans, Proceratopyge lata, Proceratopyge nathorsti, Proceratopyge fenghwangensis Proceratopyge nectans trilobite Proceratopyge lata trilobite Proceratopyge nathorsti Westergard 1922 trilobite Proceratopyge fenghwangensis Hsiang 1963 trilobite
Harpetida - Entomaspididae	Baikadamaspis proprius Baikadamaspis proprius Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae	Pseudagnostus "sp. 1", Pseudagnostus "sp. 3", Pseudagnostus idalis, Pseudagnostus communis, Pseudagnostus ampullatus Pseudagnostus "sp. 1" Jaekel 1909 artiopod Pseudagnostus "sp. 3" Jaekel 1909 artiopod Pseudagnostus idalis Opik 1967 artiopod Pseudagnostus communis Hall and Whitfield 1877 artiopod Pseudagnostus ampullatus Opik 1967 artiopod
Agnostida - Agnostidae	Innitagnostus inexpectans, Agnostus artilimbatus, Homagnostus alaskensis Innitagnostus inexpectans Kobayashi 1938 artiopod Agnostus artilimbatus Opik 1967 artiopod Homagnostus alaskensis Palmer 1968 artiopod
Agnostida - Spinagnostidae	Peratagnostus nobilis, Peratagnostus obsoletus Peratagnostus nobilis Opik 1967 artiopod Peratagnostus obsoletus Kobayashi 1935 artiopod