Where: Balkhash, Kazakhstan (47.0° N, 74.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 95.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Unit 1 Member (Sarykumy Formation), Mayan (505.0 - 501.0 Ma)
• Height is an estimate from Text-Fig 9. Although there are exceptions in the system of sample naming (134, 140), height seams to correlate with sample names. However, it is not stated explicitly in the text except for sample 29.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone and sandy limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118062: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 05.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Treptotreta cf. jucunda Henderson and MacKinnon 1981
Stilpnotreta magna Henderson and MacKinnon 1981
Linnarssonia ophirensis Walcott 1902 |