Kyrshabakty River, 1374-I (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: Neoagnostus quadratiformis-Taenicephalops kyrshabactensis trilobite zone, Bestogai Formation, Aksaian (492.8 - 491.5 Ma)

• sample 1374-I from unit XI (415-530 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• inner fan feeder channels; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• 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 118460: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Rhaptagnostus cf. convergens" = Pseudagnostus
Trilobita
 Olenida - Eulomidae
 Olenida - Olenidae
Plicatolina sp. Shaw 1951 trilobite
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
Abdulinaspis concinnus Ergaliev 1980 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Paratamdaspis longiformis Ergaliev 2001 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Haniwa sp. Kobayashi 1933 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Tamdaspis tamdensis Lisogor 1977 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
 Ptychopariida -
Hospes limbus Ergaliev 1980 trilobite