Sanashtykgol Spring [Sanashtykgol Horizon] (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (49.4° N, 136.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 41.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sanashtykgol Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• AGE: Botomian; refined by A. Hendy (6/2009) on the basis of biostratigraphic data.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• massive, light, pure limestones

Primary reference: O. K. Poletaeva. 1973. New Early Cambrian trilobites from the Sanashtykgol Horizon of the Altay-Sayan Region. Paleontological Journal 7(1):51-56 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10165: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 21.02.2001

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Abakania superba n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
1 cephalon and 5 cranidia
Milaspis sp. Sivov 1960 trilobite