Kyrshabakty River, 1350-I (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: Kormagnostus simplex trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Ayusokkanian (499.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• sample 1350-I from unit VII (132-263 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• outer fan lobe; 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 118191: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida -
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Kormagnostella longa Ergaliev 1980
Acmarhachis punctatus Ergaliev 1980
Acmarhachis longispinus Ergaliev 1980
"Kormagnostus simplex" = Kormagnostus seclusus Walcott 1884
"Kormagnostella minutus" = Kormagnostus minutus Schrank 1975
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Triadaspis sp. Opik 1976
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Cotalagnostus cf. lens Grönwall 1902
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Ammagnostus histus Peng and Robison 2000
Ammagnostus wangcunensis Peng and Robison 2000
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis cf. fallax Linnarsson 1869
Peronopsis cf. fallax ferox