Kulyumbe River, unit 15 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Krasnoyar, Russian Federation (68.0° N, 88.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.9° S, 35.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tavgi Member (Kulyumbe Formation), Tavgian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• samples 11-13 of unit 15 (unit 15 is 73 m thick)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone

• limestone and argillaceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: A. V. Rozova. 1968. Biostratigrafiya i trilobity verkhnego Kembriya i nizhnego Ordovika severo-zapada Sibirskoy Platformy [Biostratigraphy and trilobites of the Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician of the northwestern Siberian platform]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 36:1-195 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131068: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Billingsellidae
Trilobita
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Camaraspis singula Rozova 1963 trilobite
Pedinocephalites minimus n. sp. Rozova 1964 trilobite
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
Pesaiella perfida Chernysheva 1960 trilobite
Pesaiella obnixa Rozova 1964 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Caulaspina convexa Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Koldinia minor Kobayashi 1943 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Billingsellidae