Kujandysai, Chu-Ili Range, sample 2538 (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Reef 2504

Where: Kazakhstan (43.9° N, 75.5° 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 a pocket of bioclastic limestone

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 80210: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
Nushbiella dubia
Nushbiella dubia Popov 1977
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
? Plectosyntrophia unicostata
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
Schizostrophina margarita, Didymelasma cf. transversa
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Liostrophia pravula n. sp., Parastrophina iliana, Parastrophina plena
Liostrophia pravula n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema akchokense
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Pectenospira pectenata
Pectenospira pectenata Popov et al. 1999
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Nikolaispira guttula n. sp.
 Athyridida -
Kellerella misiusi
Kellerella misiusi Popov et al. 1999
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Phragmorthidae
Phragmorthis conciliata
 Orthida - Wangyuiidae
? Bowanorthis devexa n. sp.
? Bowanorthis devexa n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Phaceloorthis sp.
Phaceloorthis sp. Percival 1991
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis burultasica
Plectorthis burultasica Popov et al. 2002
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Bellimurina sp.
Bellimurina sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Limbimurina sp.
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Craspedelia tata
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites convexus
Anoptambonites convexus Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Acculina sp.
Acculina sp. Misius and Ushatinskaya 1977
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla
Sowerbyella aff. ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania aff. sulcata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia aff. subcarinata, Placotriplesia spissa n. sp.
Placotriplesia spissa n. sp. Popov et al. 2002