Sample 180. Salany-Gol River Section (Cambrian of Mongolia)

Where: Zavkahn, Mongolia (46.8° N, 95.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.3° N, 43.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Alataucyathus jaroschevitschi other zone, Upper Member (Salanygol Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• specimens are located at the top of the Atdabanian Stage

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• lithological description is not listed.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

• Collection consists of casts and shells of unknown composition. A considerable amount of the material studied was obtained from the samples of M. N. Korobov.

Primary reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155382: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Lenalituus pusillus Missarzhevsky 1980
 Hyolithida - Nelegerocornidae
Microcornus elongatus Missarzhevsky 1980