Bayan Gol, Zavkhan Basin, Mongolia (Cambrian of Mongolia)

Also known as reef 2308

Where: Mongolia (46.9° N, 96.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 5.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tsagaan Oloom-Lower Bayan Gol Formation, Manykaian (538.8 - 529.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

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 22947: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Britta Bookhagen on 04.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Chabakoviacea
  - Chabakoviacea
Tarthinia sp. Drozdova 1980
 Life -
Korilophyton sp. Voronova 1976 acritarchs