Kujandysai, Chu-Ili Range, sample 85258 (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: 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 80218: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Gacella institata
Gacella institata Popov et al. 2002
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Placotriplesia spissa
Placotriplesia spissa Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites convexus
Anoptambonites convexus Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Shlyginia fragilis, Acculina kulanketpesica
Shlyginia fragilis Rukavishnikova 1956
Acculina kulanketpesica Popov et al. 2002
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla
Sowerbyella aff. ampla Nikitin and Popov 1996
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania egregia
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina iliana
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Austinella sarybulakensis n. sp.
Austinella sarybulakensis n. sp. Popov et al. 2002