Locality 158. Kurzhaksai section (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Sample 313

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° S, 81.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Unit 3 Member (Uzunbulak Formation), Abereiddian (468.0 - 461.1 Ma)

• Kopaly Substage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• BA2-3
• nodular algal limestone with thin layers of argillite and siltstone.

•Nodular, light to dark grey limestones up to 10-15 m thick with lenses and beds of greenish grey siltstones and mudstones 0·5–3·5 m thick

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 165487: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Annamitella granulata
Annamitella granulata trilobite
[entered as Anamitella granulata]
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clarkellidae
Yangtzeella (Vadimella) igori
Yangtzeella (Vadimella) igori Nikitina et al. 2006
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Archaeorthis major
Archaeorthis major Nikitina et al. 2006
 Orthida - Orthidae
Turanorthis kujandensis, Paralenorthis rgaitensis
Turanorthis kujandensis Nikitina et al. 2006
Paralenorthis rgaitensis Nikitina 1985
 Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Tuvinia fasciculata
Tuvinia fasciculata Nikitina et al. 2006
Tuvinia spp. on list
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Oxostrophomena dubia
Oxostrophomena dubia Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania hastata
Christiania hastata Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina subquadrata
Leptellina subquadrata Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Taffiidae
Aporthophyla kasachstanica
Aporthophyla kasachstanica Rukavishnikova 1956
 Billingsellida - Tritoechiidae
Pomatotrema fecunda
Pomatotrema fecunda Popov et al. 2001
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Martellia reliqua
Martellia reliqua Popov et al. 2001
Conodonta
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
"Acodus cf. firmus" = Paltodus deltifer pristinus, ""Cordylodus" cf. horridus" = Paroistodus horridus
"Acodus cf. firmus" = Paltodus deltifer pristinus Viira 1970 conodont
""Cordylodus" cf. horridus" = Paroistodus horridus Barnes and Poplawski 1984 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Phragmodontidae
Gothodus sp.
Gothodus sp. Lindström 1955 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Polyplacognathidae
Polyplacognathus sp.
Polyplacognathus sp. Stauffer 1935 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Oistodontidae
Oistodus parallelus