Where: Xinjiang, China (41.5° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 69.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)
• No good stratigraphic details given, although brachiopod fauna and presence of "Schwagerina" princeps were used to correlate with the "Schwagerina Limestone" of Russia. Could range to Artinskian or Kungurian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, carbonaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Gottfried Merzbacher in 1903
• Presumably collected by Merzbacher during 1902-1903 expedition to Tien Shan.
Primary reference: H. Keidel. 1906. Geologische Untersuchungen im südlichen Tian-Schan nebst Beschreibung einer obercarbonischen Brachiopodenfauna aus dem Kukurtkuk-Tal. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 22:266-384 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119867: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata, Enteletes tschernyscheffi, Enteletes kayseri, Enteletes merzbacheri n. sp., Enteletes cf. oehlerti
"Enteletes hemiplicatus" = Enteletes hemiplicata Hall 1852
Enteletes tschernyscheffi Diener 1897
Enteletes kayseri Waagen 1884
Enteletes merzbacheri n. sp. Keidel 1906
Enteletes cf. oehlerti Gemmellaro 1899 | |
Schizophoria supracarbonica Tschernyschew 1902
Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809
Orthotichia cf. morganiana Derby 1874 | |
Rhipidomella pecosi Marcou 1858 | |
Dielasma sp. Beede and Rogers 1900 | |
Notothyris nucleolus Kutorga 1842 | |
Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821
Martinia corculum Kutorga 1844 | |
"Spirifer cf. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger
"Spirifer cf. fasciger" = Neospirifer fasciger Keyserling 1846 | |
"Spirifer tibetanus" = Elivina tibetana
"Spirifer tibetanus" = Elivina tibetana Diener 1897 | |
Spirifer supramosquensis Nikitin 1890
"Spirifer lyra" = Eliva lyra Kutorga 1844
"Spirifer cf. lyra" = Eliva lyra Kutorga 1844 | |
"Reticularia rostrata" = Bajkuria rostrata, "Reticularia cf. dieneri" = Squamularia dieneri
"Reticularia rostrata" = Bajkuria rostrata Kutorga 1842
"Reticularia cf. dieneri" = Squamularia dieneri Gemmellaro 1899 | |
"Reticularia" lineata Martin 1809 | |
Strophomenata | |
Proboscidella cf. lata Tschernyschew 1902 | |
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora, "Productus simensis" = Linoproductus simensis, "Productus tenuistriatus" = Linoproductus tenuistriatus, "Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus, "Productus cf. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus, "Productus cancriniformis" = Cancrinella cancriniformis
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
"Productus simensis" = Linoproductus simensis Tschernyschew 1902
"Productus tenuistriatus" = Linoproductus tenuistriatus de Verneuil 1845
"Productus lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
"Productus cf. lineatus" = Linoproductus lineatus Waagen 1884
"Productus cancriniformis" = Cancrinella cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889 | |
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla, "Marginifera clarkei" = Paramarginifera clarkei, "Productus cf. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti, ""Productus" aculeatus" = Krotovia aculeata, "Productus pustulatus" = Krotovia pustulata, "Productus curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris
"Marginifera pusilla" = Eomarginifera pusilla Schellwien 1892
"Marginifera clarkei" = Paramarginifera clarkei Tschernyschew 1902
"Productus cf. gruenewaldti" = Chaoiella gruenewaldti Krotov 1888
""Productus" aculeatus" = Krotovia aculeata Sowerby 1814
"Productus pustulatus" = Krotovia pustulata Keyserling 1853
"Productus curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris Schellwien 1892 | |
""Productus" inflatus" = Dictyoclostus inflatus, "Productus subcostatus" = Costiferina subcostata, "Productus mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata, "Productus uralicus" = Reticulatia uralica
""Productus" inflatus" = Dictyoclostus inflatus McChesney 1860
"Productus subcostatus" = Costiferina subcostata Waagen 1884
"Productus mammatus" = Yakovlevia mammata Keyserling 1846
"Productus uralicus" = Reticulatia uralica Tschernyschew 1902 | |
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa
"Productus gratiosus" = Transennatia gratiosa Waagen 1884 | |
Marginifera involuta Tschernyschew 1902
Marginifera cf. involuta Tschernyschew 1902 | |
"Productus elegans" = Echinoconchus elegans, ""Productus" punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus, "Productus fasciatus" = Karavankina fasciata
"Productus elegans" = Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
""Productus" punctatus" = Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
"Productus fasciatus" = Karavankina fasciata Kutorga 1844 |