Kyrshabakty River, 1356-3 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 95.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Acutatagnostus acutatus trilobite zone, Zhumabai Formation, Sakian (497.0 - 492.8 Ma)

• sample 1356-3 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 118327: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Phalacromidae
Lisogoragnostus convexus n. sp.
Lisogoragnostus convexus n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
"Kormagnostella inventa" = Kormagnostus inventus, Oncagnostus tumidosus, "Acutatagnostus sp." = Agnostus, Acutatagnostus acutatus, Acutatagnostus punctatus, Homagnostus brevis, Homagnostus cf. obesus, Homagnostus seletensis, Homagnostus longiformis
"Kormagnostella inventa" = Kormagnostus inventus Shergold 1982
Oncagnostus tumidosus Hall and Whitfield 1877
"Acutatagnostus sp." = Agnostus Brongniart 1822
Acutatagnostus acutatus Ergaliev 1980
Acutatagnostus punctatus Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Homagnostus longiformis Ergaliev 1980
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus "sp. 4", Pseudagnostus communis, Pseudagnostus leptoplastorum, Pseudagnostus idalis, Pseudagnostus cyclopyge
Pseudagnostus communis Hall and Whitfield 1877
Pseudagnostus cyclopyge Tullberg 1880
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Tomagnostella tenuis n. sp., Peratagnostus orientalis, Peratagnostus obsoletus
Tomagnostella tenuis n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Peratagnostus orientalis Lazarenko 1966
Peratagnostus obsoletus Kobayashi 1935
 Agnostida -
Phaldagnostus orbiformis