Salaany Gol, RC, Zavkhan Basin (Cambrian to of Mongolia)

Also known as reef 2310. Salaany Gol, RC, Zavkhan Basin, Mongolia

Where: Mongolia (46.9° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Salaany Gol Formation, Atdabanian to Atdabanian (521.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Ramose Cambrocyathellus domains in radiocyathan-arcgaeocyathan bioherms (RC)

Primary reference: P. D. Kruse, A. Gandin, F. Debrenne and R. Wood. 1996. Early Cambrian bioconstructions in the Zavkhan Basin of western Mongolia. Geological Magazine 133(4):429-444 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/B. Bookhagen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22941: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Britta Bookhagen on 04.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Rhodophyceae
  -
Angulocellularia sp. Vologdin 1962
Proaulopora
  -
Proaulopora sp. Vologdin 1962
Radiocyatha
  - Hetairacyathidae
Girphanovella georgensis
disarticulated nesasters
Hydroconozoa
  -
Khasaktidae
  - Khasaktidae
Dodecaactinella
  - Polyactinellidae
Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus tuvaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Tumulocyathus pustulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae
Ladaecyathus melnikovae archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae
Tologoicyathus sp. Voronin 1988 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Orbicyathus mongolicus archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus misertumulus archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus certus archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus concinnus archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus chassaktuensis archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus howelli Vologdin 1940 archaeocyath sponge
Robustocyathellus abundans archaeocyath sponge
Rotundocyathus floris archaeocyath sponge
Rotundocyathus levigatus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Dictyofavina indet. Debrenne 1991 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus confertus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Tabulacyathellus bidzhaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Archaeopharetra marginata archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Okulitchicyathus sp. n. sp. archaeocyath sponge
Cambrocyathellus communis archaeocyath sponge
Cambrocyathellus tuberculatus archaeocyath sponge
Cambrocyathellus pannonicus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Alataucyathidae
Alataucyathus jaroschevitschi Zhuravleva 1955 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus solidimurus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus archaeocyath sponge
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Tubomorphophyton
  - Chabakoviacea
Batinevia
  - Chabakoviacea
Batinevia sp. Korde 1966