Malyi Chaydakh (Mount Konus) Section. Pestrotsvet Formation (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (57.3° N, 131.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 17.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pestrotsvet Formation, Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Dokidocyathus regularis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• variegated limestone (from key)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. V. Khomentovsky and G. A. Karlova. 1993. Biostratigraphy of the Vendian-Cambrian beds and the lower Cambrian boundary in Siberia. Geological Magazine 130(1):29-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 50321: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Helcionelloida
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Bemella jacutica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
 Helcionellida - Trenellidae
"Isitiella inpocera" = Parailsanella inpocera
"Isitiella inpocera" = Parailsanella inpocera Zhegallo 1983
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
"Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis
"Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
Watsonella crosbyi
  -
"Heraultipegma sibirica" = Watsonella crosbyi
"Heraultipegma sibirica" = Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria sacciformis Meshkova 1969
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Sachitidae
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge
Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Okulitchicyathus disciformis archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus robustus" = Cambrocyathellus robustus Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus polaris archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Cryptoporocyathus junicanensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Nochoroicyathus similis" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus ex gr. anabarensis" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus virgatus" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus tkatchenkovi" = Nochoroicyathus
"Nochoroicyathus similis" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus ex gr. anabarensis" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus virgatus" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus tkatchenkovi" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus regularis archaeocyath sponge
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella lentiformis Syssoiev 1962
Torellella biconvexa Rozanov et al. 1969