Tesik River, Chu-Ili Range, sample 948 (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

Also known as Reef 3740

Where: Kazakhstan (44.6° N, 74.9° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° S, 77.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• massive micritic limestones forming the core of a mud-mound with lens-like beds of biosparite at the base

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 80214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema akchokense
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Pectenospira pectenata
Pectenospira pectenata Popov et al. 1999
 Orthida - Wangyuiidae
? Bowanorthis devexa
? Bowanorthis devexa Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp.
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Ilistrophina tesikensis n. gen. n. sp.
Ilistrophina tesikensis n. gen. n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina plena, Parastrophina iliana, Liostrophia pravula
Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
Liostrophia pravula Popov et al. 2002
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Nikolaispira guttula
 Athyridida -
Kellerella misiusi
Kellerella misiusi Popov et al. 1999
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Bellimurina sp.
Bellimurina sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Craspedelia tata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla
Sowerbyella aff. ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata Nikitin and Popov 1996