R-62. East Side of Kopalysai River (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Also known as 228-1

Where: Kazakhstan (44.1° N, 75.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° S, 81.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Unit C Member (Uzunbulak Formation), Abereiddian (468.0 - 461.1 Ma)

• Kopaly Substage.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, nodular, argillaceous limestone and argillaceous siltstone

• BA-2, turbulent depositional environment within shore-face zone
• nodular algal limestone with thin layers of argillite and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, O. Vinn, and O. I. Nikitina. 2001. Brachiopods of the redefined family Tritoechiidae from the Ordovician of Kazakhstan and South Urals. Geobios 34(2):131-155 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165482: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Taphrorthis sp. Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Tuvinia spp. Andreeva 1982
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Oxostrophomena dubia Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania hastata Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina subquadrata Rukavishnikova 1956
Apatomorpha cita Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Aporthophyla kasachstanica Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Taphrodonta rukavishnikovae n. sp. Nikitina et al. 2006
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Kopella incerta Nikitina et al. 2006
 Billingsellida - Tritoechiidae
Pomatotrema fecunda Popov et al. 2001
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Martellia reliqua Popov et al. 2001