Kyrshabakty River, 1381-2 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 94.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eurudagnostus ovaliformis-Pareuloma trilobite zone, Bestogai Formation, Aksaian (492.8 - 491.5 Ma)

• sample 1381-2 from unit X (350-415 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• mid fan distributary channels; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• thin bedded dark grey carbonate mudstone with thin parallel laminated clayish limestone; massive carbonate breccia with clayish-detrital matrix

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 118453: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.10.2011, edited by Marcus Domansky

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Quadrisonia minor2 Rowell and Henderson 1978
 Lingulida - Lingulellotretidae
Aboriginella denudata2 Koneva 1983
 Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
Zhanatella rotunda2 Koneva 1986
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Neoagnostus pseudoclavus n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Neoagnostus cf. greeni Shergold 1980
Trilobagnostus "sp. 1" Harrington 1938
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus obsurdus n. sp. Ergaliev and Ergaliev 2008
Trilobita
 Olenida - Idahoiidae
Lauzonella sp.1 Rasetti 1944 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Paratamdaspis longiformis1 Ergaliev 2001 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Tamdaspis tamdensis1, "Yuepingia sp." = Haniwoides1
Tamdaspis tamdensis1 Lisogor 1977 trilobite
"Yuepingia sp." = Haniwoides1 Kobayashi 1953 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Haniwa sp.1 Kobayashi 1933 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Onchonotellus abnormis1 Ivshin 1956 trilobite