Also known as Reef 2668; Tsagan-Del

Where: Bayanhongor, Mongolia (46.4° N, 100.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleurograptus linearis graptolite zone, Lower Member (Tsagaan Del Formation), Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• unit 2, 12 m thick. However, Rozman & Minzin (1980) give it as 10 meters. Chakyr or Chakyrii stage locally.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79589: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.03.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

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