Kyrshabakty River, 1347-3 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 98.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lejopyge laevigata trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Ayusokkanian (505.0 - 498.5 Ma)

• sample 1347-3 from unit VII (132-263 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• outer fan fringe; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• parallel laminated limestone, carbonate turbidite, lime wackestone and packstone of grey and dark grey colour

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 118177: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Lichida - Damesellidae
Blackwelderia sinensis Bergeron 1899 trilobite
Meringaspis karatauensis Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae
 Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae
Lisaniella elongataformis Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
 Asaphida - Anomocarellidae
Neoanomocarella asiatica Hsiang 1963 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
 Olenida - Olenidae
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus trispinus Zhou and Yang 1977
Clavagnostus repandus Westergard 1930
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Proagnostus bulbus Butts 1926
subsp. bulbus and orientalis
Ammagnostus timus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Tomagnostella sulcifera Wallerius 1895
Pseudoperonopsis karatauensis Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Hypagnostus brevifrons Angelin 1851
Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Lejopyge armata Linnarsson 1869
"Lejopyge laevigata" = Lejopyge laevigatus Dalman 1828
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida -
 Agnostida - Phalacromidae
Lisogoragnostus mictus Peng and Robison 2000
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
"Kormagnostella minutus" = Kormagnostus minutus Schrank 1975
Acmarhachis longispinus Ergaliev 1980
Acmarhachis typicalis Resser 1938
Kormagnostella longa Ergaliev 1980