Locality 312. Kstausai Sector (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.4° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 81.4° E)

When: Unit 6 Member (Uzunbulak Formation), Abereiddian (468.0 - 461.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; calcareous sandstone

• BA1-2
• Fine to medium grained sandstones, calcareous in the upper part,

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. I. Nikitina, L. E. Popov, R. B. Neuman, M. G. Bassett, and L. E. Holmer. 2006. Mid Ordovician (Darriwilian) brachiopods of South Kazakhstan. In M. G. Bassett, V. K. Deisler (eds.), Studies in Palaeozoic palaeontology 25:145-222 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165556: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 22.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Taphrorthis sp. Cooper 1956
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Grorudiidae
? Calyptolepta sp. Neuman 1976
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania hastata Rukavishnikova 1956
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina aff. seletensis Nikitin and Popov 1983
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bekella paula Nikitina et al. 2006
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Uzunbulakia rugosa Nikitina et al. 2006
Taphrodonta kelleri Nikitina et al. 2006
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Tritoechia crassa Popov et al. 2001