Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (52.6° N, 85.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° S, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 20m thick section, part of the Ashpanak suite (200m uncovered). Sanashtykgol Horizon = Botomian. Sanashtygol Limestone here is Verkhneynyrga Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The author obtained the specimens and strat/litho information from V. A. Astashkin.

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 10167: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 21.02.2001, edited by Antje Girndt

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