Also known as locality 564 of Nikitin 1960

Where: Kazakhstan (49.2° N, 78.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 73.7° E)

When: Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite zone, Bestamak Formation, Llandeilo (461.1 - 458.4 Ma)

• The overlying unit of graptolitic black shale contains graptolites diagnostic for the Nemagraptus gracilis Biozone (Unit 5 of Tsai 1976, p. 10, text-fig. 2), suggesting a mid Llandeilo to earliest Caradoc age.

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•Given as Llandeilo in txt. fig. 2.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L.E. Popov, I.F. Nikitin, and E.V. Sokiran. 1999. The earliest atrypides and athyridides (Brachiopoda) from the Ordovician of Kazakhstan. Palaeontology 42(4):625-661 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161885: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.09.2014

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