Kulyumbe River, unit 17 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Krasnoyar, Russian Federation (68.0° N, 88.8° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° S, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Madu Member (Gorbiyachin Formation), Maduan (497.0 - 495.0 Ma)

• samples 17-19 of unit 17 (unit 17 is 45 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 131070: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Saonella saonica n. gen. n. sp., Buttsina ignota n. gen. n. sp.
Saonella saonica n. gen. n. sp. Rozova 1968 trilobite
Buttsina ignota n. gen. n. sp. Rozova 1968 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Raashellina paula Rozova 1963 trilobite
Kuraspis acricula Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Tamaranella bella Rozova 1963 trilobite
Maduiya maduensis Rozova 1963 trilobite
Maduiya sibirica Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
Taenicephalus polyaricus Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Parakoldinia kureiskaya Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichakephalidae
Acidaspidina plana Lazarenko 1960 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Billingsellidae