Ushbas River, 1232 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.6° N, 69.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° N, 102.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ushbaspis limbata trilobite zone, Shabakty Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

• sample 1232; Informal unit 7

•The Shabakty Group was subdivided by Ergaliev and Pokrovskaya into 11 informal units, 1-10 Botomian and 11 Toyonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 123091: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 10.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae