Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, sample 628 (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Reef 2504

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.6° E: paleocoordinates 13.7° S, 78.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anderken Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• unit 5

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• chain of carbonate build-ups, sample from bedded limestone from the mound flank

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Bulk collection refers to brachiopods only

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80181: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp.
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis burultasica
Plectorthis burultasica Popov et al. 2002
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema akchokense
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
Schizostrophina margarita
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Liostrophia pravula, Parastrophina iliana
Liostrophia pravula Popov et al. 2002
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Grammoplecia wrighti, Triplesia aff. subcarinata
Grammoplecia wrighti Popov et al. 2002
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Gacella institata
Gacella institata Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Bellimurina sarytumensis
Bellimurina sarytumensis Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
? Limbimurina sp.
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Furcitellinae indet." = Furcitellidae, Teratelasmella chugaevae
"Furcitellinae indet." = Furcitellidae Williams 1965
Teratelasmella chugaevae Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Kajnaria rugosa n. sp., Shlyginia fragilis, Mabella conferta
Kajnaria rugosa n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
Shlyginia fragilis Rukavishnikova 1956
Mabella conferta Popov 1985
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Craspedelia tata
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania aff. sulcata