Where: Russian Federation (66.4° N, 112.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 3.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kuraspoides planus small shelly zone, Malykai Formation, Mayan (504.5 - 499.5 Ma)

• Bed/horizon designates depth of specimens in the borehole. AGE: Mayan; refined by A. Hendy (6/2009) on the basis of biostratigraphic data (Kuraspoides planus zone)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Collection methods: Only trilobites are identified/collected, but there is no mention of any other fauna present in the formation.

Primary reference: L. V. Ogienko. 1999. New Late Cambrian trilobites from the Daldyn-Alakit Region of Yakutia (Kuraspoides planus Zone). Paleontological Journal 33(6):620-626 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10036: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 12.02.2001

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