PBDB Collection

Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit XIV, Subunits 1-4 (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 XIV 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 1-4 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 56762: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	? Sigmacoscinus sp. ? Sigmacoscinus sp.
Archaeocyatha
Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae	Dokidocyathus knorringiensis Dokidocyathus knorringiensis archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae	Sibirecyathus sp., Nochoroicyathus sp. Sibirecyathus sp. Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge sp. 2 Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae	Taylorcyathus inclinatus, "Kellericyathus sp." = Morenicyathus Taylorcyathus inclinatus archaeocyath sponge "Kellericyathus sp." = Morenicyathus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae	Irinaecyathus ratus Irinaecyathus ratus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae	Isiticyathus picnoseptatus Isiticyathus picnoseptatus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae	Tumulifungia rarisynapticulosa, Tumulifungia sp. Tumulifungia rarisynapticulosa archaeocyath sponge Tumulifungia sp. Zhuraleva 1968 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae	Erbocyathidae indet., Ladaecyathus sp. Erbocyathidae indet. Volgdin and Zhuravleva 1956 archaeocyath sponge Ladaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae	Tercyathellus altaicus, Tercyathus duplex, Clathricyathus firmus Tercyathellus altaicus archaeocyath sponge Tercyathus duplex archaeocyath sponge Clathricyathus firmus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathida -	Archaeocyathellus sp. Archaeocyathellus sp. Ford 1873 archaeocyath sponge
Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae	Tumuliolynthus macrospinosus Tumuliolynthus macrospinosus archaeocyath sponge
Monocyathida - Monocyathidae	Archaeolynthus sp., Archaeolynthus absolutus, Archaeolynthus unimurus Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge Archaeolynthus absolutus archaeocyath sponge Archaeolynthus unimurus archaeocyath sponge
-	"Cornutocyathus" cornutus "Cornutocyathus" cornutus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae	Clathricoscinus infirmus, Clathricoscinus popovi Clathricoscinus infirmus archaeocyath sponge Clathricoscinus popovi archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae	Capsulocyathus sp., Capsulocyathus subcallosus Capsulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae	Fransuasaecyathus novus Fransuasaecyathus novus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathida - Tubericyathidae	Tubericyathus sp. Tubericyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge