Trilobites from Kiya River section, Kuznetsk Alatau - Unit XII/2 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Botomella trilobite zone, Unit XII/2 Member (Usa Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Stage: Botoman; Regional stage: Sanashtykgol; Botomella zone; Unit XII/2 = Subunits 7-14 in Zhuravleva et al. (1997)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Unit XII represents bioherms, biohermal massifs.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. N. Repina, E. V. Romanenko, E. S. Fedjanina and T. V. Pegel. 1999. Trilobites from the Lower and Lowermost middle Cambrian of the Kiya river reference section (Kuznetsk, Alatau). Annales de Paléontologie 85(1):3-56 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
? Denaspis sp.
? Denaspis sp. Repina 1973 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Neopoliellina sp., Poliellina cf. elongata
Neopoliellina sp. Repina 1964 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dinesidae
Erbiopsidella tepida, Botomella cf. ekaterinae, Erbiopsis sp.
Erbiopsis sp. Lermontova 1940 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
Labradoria sp., Laticephalus astrictus, Laticephalus firmus
Labradoria sp. Resser 1936 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Bonnaspis acinosa, Miranella rotunda
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonnia sp., ? Fordaspis apidosa
Bonnia sp. Walcott 1916 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Latuzella poletaevae