Kutorgina Formation, Archagyi-Tuoidakh Creek, Russia - Melnikova 2000 (Cambrian to of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (61.1° N, 126.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° S, 13.1° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kutorgina Formation, Botomian to Botomian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• The collection is housed in the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science. The newly described genus Tubuterium gen. nov should take the place of Monasterium seletiensis originally described by Melnikova (1990).

Primary reference: L. M. Melinkova. 2000. A new genus of Bradoriidae (Crustacea) from the Cambrian of Northern Eurasia. 34(2):180-185 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10018: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 08.02.2001

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Tubuterium ivantsovi
20 valves, various fragments, and various spines
 Bradoriida -
Ostracoda
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Bryopsidophyceae
 Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia sp. Walcott 1931
plant fragments