Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, sample 8223 (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 80206: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Liostrophia pravula
Liostrophia pravula Popov et al. 2002
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
Schizostrophina margarita
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites convexus
Anoptambonites convexus Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Kajnaria rugosa
Kajnaria rugosa Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania aff. sulcata
 Strophomenida - Foliomenidae
Foliomena prisca
Foliomena prisca Popov et al. 2002
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Placotriplesia spissa
Placotriplesia spissa Popov et al. 2002