Where: Kazakhstan (43.6° N, 69.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 102.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Redlichia chinensis - Kootenia gimmelfarbi trilobite zone, Shabakty Group, Toyonian (512.9 - 510.2 Ma)

• Sample number 1419. The lingulate brachiopods described here are form a unit of bedded, dark grey limestone within an interval of approximately 55-63m above the base of the Shabakty. PJW: was Furongian, but Shabakty is older than that; the Redlichia chinensis - Kootenia gimmelfarbi zone is Toyonian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, 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 122848: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 06.01.2012

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