Kyrshabakty River, 1465-12 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 100.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ptychagnostus atavus trilobite zone, Aktas Formation, Tuesaian (505.3 - 503.0 Ma)

• sample 1465-12 from unit V (10-91.5 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone

• basin plain
• alternation of thin-bedded dark gray carbonate mudstones (thin pelitomorphic limestones)

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: G. K. Ergaliev and F. G. Ergaliev. 2008. Agnostidy srednego i verkhnego Kembriya Aksayskogo Gosudarstvennogo Geologicheskogo Zakaznika v yushnom Kazakhstane (Kyrshabakty, Malyy Karatau) [Middle and Upper Cambrian Agnostida from the Aksai National Geological Reserve in southern Kazakhstan (Kyrshabakty River, Malyy Karatau Range)] 1-359 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118089: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Ptychagnostus atavus, Ptychagnostus karatauensis, Ptychagnostus ex gr. punctuosus
Ptychagnostus atavus Tullberg 1880
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis
Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Pentagnostus admirabilis n. sp.
Pentagnostus admirabilis n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008