Section 96-4, left bank of Bol'shaya Kuonamka river (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as A-51 of Val'kov (1975) and 96K4 of Kouchinsky, et al., 1999)

Where: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation (70.7° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° S, 8.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Manykay Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• Fortunian stage. Manykayan stage is locally equivalent to Nemakit-Daldynian

Environment/lithology: packstone

• "The Manykay Formation is represented here mainly by siliciclastics in its upper part, whereas a carbonate thrombolitic unit occurs in the lowermost exposed part of the section (Fig. 2). Fossils were derived from the top of the unit, which is a layer of carbonate packstone (“marker bed with angustiochreids” in Val’kov 1975: 8; see Kouchinsky et al. 1999; SOM 5: fig. 6)."

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with phosphate

Collected by Artem Kouchinsky, Stefan Bengston in 1996

• Reposited in Swedish Museum of Natural History (SMNH)

Primary reference: A. Kouchinsky, S. Bengtson, E. Landing, M. Steiner, M. Vendrasco and K. Ziegler. 2017. Terreneuvian stratigraphy and faunas from the Anabar Uplift, Siberia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):311-440 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233193: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 19.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Helcionelloida
  - Helcionellidae
"Purella antiqua" = Helcionella antiqua
"Purella antiqua" = Helcionella antiqua Kiær 1916
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Lopochites sp.
Lopochites sp. Qian 1977
Protoconodonta
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Protohertzina anabarica
Protohertzina anabarica Missarzhevsky 1973
unclassified
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Cnidaria "embryos"
Cnidaria "embryos" Hatschek 1888
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Anabarites trisulcatus
Anabarites trisulcatus Voronova and Missarzhevsky 1969 jellyfish