Kyrshabakty River, 1346-4 (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 (499.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• sample 1346-4 from unit VI (91.5-132 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone

• outer fan fringe; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• thin-bedded dark gray carbonate mudstone with thin parallel laminated clayish limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122757: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 05.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae