Also known as Reef 3778
Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (54.2° N, 90.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 6.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Usa Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• sample C-70, C-71, 53 m thick, Kameshki stage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Pseudoerbia minima trilobite | |
Alacephalus contortus trilobite | |
Strenuella paraspinosa trilobite | |
? Alataurus sp. Repina 1964 trilobite
Palaeolenella artifera trilobite | |
"Inella ocularia" = Repinainella trilobite
"Inella monstrobilica" = Repinainella trilobite | |
Sajanaspis crassa trilobite
Sajanaspis modesta trilobite | |
Planaspis erbaensis trilobite | |
Artiopoda | |
Archaeocyatha | |
"Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus
"Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge | |
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge | |
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus archaeocyath sponge | |
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge | |
"Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus
"Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge | |
Leptosocyathus sp., Leptosocyathellus mirandus n. gen. n. sp.
Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Leptosocyathellus mirandus n. gen. n. sp. Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge | |
Baikalocyathus rossicus archaeocyath sponge | |
? Russocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge |