Trilobites from Kiya River section, Kuznetsk Alatau - Unit XIII (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: Poliellaspis trilobite zone, Unit XIII Member (Usa Formation), Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Stage: Botoman; Regional stage: Sanashtykgol; Poliellaspis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Unit XIII 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 57021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Poliellaspis aff. sayanica
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Bonnaspis sp., Shivelicus cf. rarus, Abakania crassa, Sanaschtykgolia sp., Miranella sp.
Bonnaspis sp. Resser 1936 trilobite
Abakania crassa trilobite
Sanaschtykgolia sp. Poletaeva 1960 trilobite
Miranella sp. Pokrovskaya 1960 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dinesidae
Botomella cf. ekaterinae, Botomella convexa, Erbiopsidella tepida
 Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
Alacephalus sp., Labradoria sp., Laticephalus firmus, Laticephalus verrucosus
Alacephalus sp. Repina 1960 trilobite
Labradoria sp. Resser 1936 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Bonnia aff. asiatica
  - Utiidae
Chondragraulina ovalis