Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit XIII, Subunits 1-10 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3250

Where: Kemorovo, Russian Federation (56.0° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° S, 7.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tercyathus altaicus other zone, Unit XIII Member (Usa Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Stage: Botoman; Regional stage: Sanashtykgol; Tercyathus altaicus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Subunits 1-10 represent bioherms, biohermal massifs.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. T. Zhuravleva, I. A. Konyaeva, D. V. Osadchaya and A. S. Boyarinov. 1997. Biostratigraphy of the Kiya River section. - Early Cambrian Archaeocyaths and spicular sponges from the Kiya River section (Kuznetsk Alatau). Annales de Paléontologie 83(1):3-92 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56761: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cribricyatha
 Cribricyathida - Pyxidocyathidae
"Szecyathus" sp. Vologdin 1957 cribricyath sponge
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Tubericyathidae
Tubericyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus infirmus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus vassilievi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus knorringiensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Jakutocarinidae
Russocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Kruseicyathus notabilis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Annulocyathidae
Annulocyathella sp. Vologdin 1962 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae
Tumulifungia rarisynapticulosa archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Carinacyathus bagenovi archaeocyath sponge
Carinacyathus loculatiformis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Gloriosocyathidae
Nalivkinicyathus opertus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae
Tercyathus robustus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricyathus firmus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Baikalocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Degeletticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Sibirecyathus sp. Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
sp. 2
Nochoroicyathus khemtschikensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
"Kellericyathus sp." = Morenicyathus archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus inclinatus archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus kuznetsovi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sanarkocyathidae
Neokolbicyathus azhuravlevi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Geocyathidae
Geocyathus botomaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Isiticyathus picnoseptatus archaeocyath sponge
Tumulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae
Ladaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
Vologdinocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Rozanovicoscinus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus sokolovi archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus barskovi archaeocyath sponge
Asterocyathus sp. Vologdin 1940 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus sp. Zhuravleva 1963 archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus musatovi archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus macrospinosus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus absolutus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus unimurus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Archaeocyathina indet. Okulitch 1935 archaeocyath sponge
indet. 2
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus sp. Billings 1861 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Paranacyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
Metethmophyllum
  - Pycnoidocyathidae
Metethmophyllum sp. Okulitch 1943