543a - Dulankara section (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.7° N, 75.3° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 78.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Otar Member (Dulankara Formation), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone and lithified, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coquina

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, I. F. Nitikin, and L. R. M. Cocks. 2000. Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Otar Member of the Chu-Ili Range, south Kazakhstan. Palaeontology 43(5):833-870 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116277: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys fidelis Popov et al. 2000
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Grammoplecia subcraegensis Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Shlyginia extraordinaria Rukavishnikova 1956
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Paracraniops sp. Williams 1963
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Glossellinae indet. Cooper 1956