7000/28, Uslon Section (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Georgievka, ~380 km NNE of Krasnokamensk, Eastern Transbaikalia

Where: Chitinskaya oblast, Russian Federation (52.0° N, 119.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.8° S, 8.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: III Member (Bystraya Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• 500 meter thick middle subformation composed of dark gray limetsone or, more rarely, of dolostone with interbeds of clayish shale with phosphorites.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, acetic

Primary reference: P. Y.u. Parkhaev. 2004. Malacofauna of the Lower Cambrian Bystraya Formation of Eastern Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 38(6):590-608 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49373: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Fordillida - Fordillidae
Pojetaia runnegari Jell 1980 clam
Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984