Sarykumy, F-29 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

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
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Treptotreta cf. jucunda Henderson and MacKinnon 1981
Stilpnotreta magna Henderson and MacKinnon 1981