Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, sample 626 (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: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• nodular algal limestone with abundant dasyclad algae at the base and flanks of carbonate build-ups

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 80217: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Gacella institata Popov et al. 2002
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites convexus Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Dulankarella larga Popov et al. 2002
Kajnaria rugosa Popov et al. 2002
Acculina kulanketpesica Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"Furcitellinae indet." = Furcitellidae, Teratelasmella chugaevae n. sp.
"Furcitellinae indet." = Furcitellidae Williams 1965
Teratelasmella chugaevae n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Pectenospira pectenata Popov et al. 1999
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Plectosyntrophia unicostata n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Phragmorthidae
 Athyridida -
Kellerella misiusi Popov et al. 1999
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae