North Balkhash Region (Devonian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (46.8° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 61.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. A. Kaplan. 1968. Stratigraphic distribution of Givetian and Upper Devonian rugose corals in central Kazakhstan. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Earth Science Sections 182:78-80 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73196: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae