Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit XIV, Subunits 5-17 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3250

Where: Kemorovo, Russian Federation (56.0° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° S, 7.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Syringocyathus aspectabilis other zone, Unit XIV Member (Usa Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Stage: Botoman; Regional stage: Sanashtykgol; Syringocyathus aspectabilis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Subunits 5-17 represent bioherms, biohermal massifs.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. T. Zhuravleva, I. A. Konyaeva, D. V. Osadchaya and A. S. Boyarinov. 1997. Biostratigraphy of the Kiya River section. - Early Cambrian Archaeocyaths and spicular sponges from the Kiya River section (Kuznetsk Alatau). Annales de Paléontologie 83(1):3-92 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56763: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cribricyatha
 Cribricyathida - Pyxidocyathidae
"Szecyathus" sp. Vologdin 1957 cribricyath sponge
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Tylocyathidae
Tylocyathus bullatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus vassilievi archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus nalivkini archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus unimurus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Palaeoconulariidae
Palaeoconularia baileyi archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus sp. Zhuravleva 1963 archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus macrospinosus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Shiveligocyathidae
Shiveligocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Archaeocyathina indet. Okulitch 1935 archaeocyath sponge
indet. 2
 Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae
Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin 1940 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus knorringiensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida -
Tabulacyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
? Syringocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tegerocyathidae
Tegerocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae
Erbocyathidae indet. Volgdin and Zhuravleva 1956 archaeocyath sponge
Ladaecyathus sublimbatus archaeocyath sponge
Ladaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Ladaecyathus cf. erbiensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae
Tercyathus duplex archaeocyath sponge
Tercyathus sajanicus archaeocyath sponge
Tercyathus validus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Carinacyathus loculatiformis archaeocyath sponge
Carinacyathus mirabilis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae
Fansycyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus khemtschikensis archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus bedfordorum archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Inessocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Irinaecyathus ratus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Compositocyathus tunicatus archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1959 archaeocyath sponge
"? Kellericyathus sp." = Morenicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae
Tumulifungia rarisynapticulosa archaeocyath sponge
Tumulifungia sp. Zhuraleva 1968 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Annulocyathidae
"Kiyafungia concinna" = Annulofungia, Annulocyathella lavrenovae
"Kiyafungia concinna" = Annulofungia archaeocyath sponge
Annulocyathella lavrenovae archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sanarkocyathidae
Ringifungia sp. Korshunov 1969 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Tumulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
Erismacoscinus subtiliformis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida -
Archaeocyathellus sp. Ford 1873 archaeocyath sponge
Boyarinovicyathus
  - Boyarinovicyathidae