Knorring, Khanka Massif (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3768

Where: Primorye, Russian Federation (44.5° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 42.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dmitriyevskaya Formation, Lenian (516.0 - 510.2 Ma)

• upper part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• archaeocyath-microbial bioherm and biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. G. Okuneva and L. N. Repina. 1973. Biostratigrafiya i fauna kembriya Primorya [Cambrian biostratigraphy and fauna of Primorye]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdelenye 37:5-284 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81071: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp.
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus dianthus
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus vassilievi
Clathricoscinus vassilievi archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Uralocyathellidae
"Uralocyathella bullata" = Rhabdolynthus
"Uralocyathella bullata" = Rhabdolynthus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus irregularis, Capsulocyathus subcallosus
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus elegans
Fransuasaecyathus elegans archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
"Archaeofungia dissepimentalis" = Pycnoidocyathus, "Archaeofungia incelebratus" = Pycnoidocyathus, "Archaeocyathus condensis" = Archaeocyathus, "Flindersicyathus latus" = Archaeocyathus
"Archaeofungia dissepimentalis" = Pycnoidocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Archaeofungia incelebratus" = Pycnoidocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Archaeocyathus condensis" = Archaeocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Flindersicyathus latus" = Archaeocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra polymorpha
Protopharetra polymorpha archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Anthomorphidae
Anthomorpha rachkovskii
Anthomorpha rachkovskii archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
"Robustocyathus tomicus" = Cambrocyathellus, Loculicyathus membranivestites
"Robustocyathus tomicus" = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Globosocyathidae
"Tumuloglobosus crassus n. gen. n. sp." = Propriolynthus crassus, Tumuliolynthus (Propriolynthus) vologdini, "Globosocyathus bellus" = Propriolynthus
"Tumuloglobosus crassus n. gen. n. sp." = Propriolynthus crassus Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus (Propriolynthus) vologdini Yakovlev 1956 archaeocyath sponge
"Globosocyathus bellus" = Propriolynthus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus sibiricus, Archaeolynthus unimurus, Archaeolynthus nalivkini
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus unimurus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus nalivkini archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus knorringiensis
Dokidocyathus knorringiensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida -
Archaeocyathellus konjuschkovi, Archaeocyathellus ageevae, Archaeocyathellus unicus
Archaeocyathellus konjuschkovi archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathellus ageevae archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathellus unicus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae
Kijacyathus chomentowskii
Kijacyathus chomentowskii archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Porocyathus gromovi n. sp.
Porocyathus gromovi n. sp. Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Ethmophyllum grandiperforatum, Ethmophyllum rossicum, Ethmophyllum chankensis n. sp.
Ethmophyllum grandiperforatum archaeocyath sponge
Ethmophyllum rossicum archaeocyath sponge
Ethmophyllum chankensis n. sp. Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae
Tumulifungia certa
Tumulifungia certa archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae
Ladaecyathus cf. limbatus
Ladaecyathus cf. limbatus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
"Tumulocyathellus altaisajanicus" = Plicocyathus
"Tumulocyathellus altaisajanicus" = Plicocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Thalamocyathus howelli, Compositocyathus fraudulentus, "Sichotecyathus orientalis n. gen. n. sp." = Gordonicyathus orientalis, Gordonicyathus absolutus n. sp., Cyclocyathella repinae n. sp., Taylorcyathus platiannulatus, Taylorcyathus speciosus, Denaecyathus primoriensis
Thalamocyathus howelli archaeocyath sponge
Compositocyathus fraudulentus archaeocyath sponge
"Sichotecyathus orientalis n. gen. n. sp." = Gordonicyathus orientalis Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
Gordonicyathus absolutus n. sp. Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
Cyclocyathella repinae n. sp. Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus platiannulatus archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus speciosus archaeocyath sponge
Denaecyathus primoriensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Leptosocyathus spasskiensis
Leptosocyathus spasskiensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
"Ussuricyathus kropotkini n. gen. n. sp." = Mackenziecyathus kropotkini
"Ussuricyathus kropotkini n. gen. n. sp." = Mackenziecyathus kropotkini Okuneva and Repina 1973 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Dentatocyathus maritimus
Dentatocyathus maritimus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Formosocyathus bulynnikovi
Formosocyathus bulynnikovi archaeocyath sponge
Cribricyatha
 Vologdinophyllida - Akademiophyllidae
Akademiophyllum frangulus n. sp.
Akademiophyllum frangulus n. sp. Okuneva and Repina 1973 cribricyath sponge
Bicyathus
  -
Bicyathus angustus
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Hyolitha
  -
Hyolitha indet.
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932