Locality 1017, eastern outskirts of Aiten village (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Where: Central, Kazakhstan (51.2° N, 74.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 67.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Limestone Member (Angrensor Formation), Cautleyan (449.2 - 448.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, J. C. W. Cope, and I.F. Nikitin. 2003. A new Ordovician rostroconch mollusc from Kazakhstan. Alcheringa 27(3):173-179 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52737: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Sinambonites sp.
new species
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Agetolitidae
Agetolites mirabilis tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Sphenotretidae
Altaethyrella otarica Rukavishnikova 1956
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Pectenospira aff. pectenata Popov et al. 1999
Qilianotryma suspectum Nikiforova et al. 1982
Eospirigerina sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
new species
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
new species
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Nikolaespira sp." = Nikolaispira
"Nikolaespira sp." = Nikolaispira Nikitin et al. 1996
new species
 Athyridida -
Kellerella sp. Nikitin et al. 1996
new species
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites aff. subcarinata Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
new species
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
new species
? Sowerbyella aff. ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina sp. Foerste 1924
new species
Bellimurina sp. Cooper 1956
new species
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Eopteriidae
Eopteria aiteneria n. sp. Popov et al. 2003