Sample 135, Salany-Gol River (Cambrian of Mongolia)

Where: Khasagt-Khairkhan, Mongolia (46.8° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ilsanella compressa small shelly zone, Bayan Gol Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• Was Tommotian, but now put in Atdabanian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• lithological description is not listed.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Collection consists of casts and shells of unknown composition. A considerable amount of the material studied was obtained from the samples of M. N. Korobov.

Primary reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10111: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 15.02.2001, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Salanytheca papillaris n. gen. n. sp.
Salanytheca papillaris n. gen. n. sp. Missarzhevsky 1980
Purella
  - Maikhanellidae
"Rozanoviella atypica n. gen. n. sp." = Purella atypica
"Rozanoviella atypica n. gen. n. sp." = Purella atypica Missarzhevsky 1980
Salanyella
  -
Salanyella costulata n. gen. n. sp.
Salanyella costulata n. gen. n. sp. Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Nomgoliella sinistrivolubilis n. gen. n. sp. Missarzhevsky 1980