Tukalanda River, Yuraki Member (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Krasnoyar, Russian Federation (68.3° N, 88.3° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° S, 9.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yuraki Member (Tukalandy Formation), Yurakian (495.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• algal limestones, argillaceous limestones, dolomitic 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 131405: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Olenida - Aphelaspidae
? Amorphella magna Rozova 1968 trilobite
Amorphella modesta Rozova 1963 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenuridae
Yurakia yurakiensis Rozova 1963 trilobite