Lena River, Oy-Muran (Kokoulinsk) bioherm complex, unit 5 bioherm (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 1745

Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (61.0° N, 126.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° S, 13.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pestrotsvet Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• lowermost Atdabanian level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. T. Zhuravleva. 1972. Rannekembriyskiye fatsialnyye kompleksy arkheotsiat (r. Lena, sredneye techeniye) [Lower Cambrian archaeocyath complexes (middle Lena River)]. in I. T. Zhuravleva, ed., Problemy biostratigrafii i paleontologii nizhnego kembriya Sibiri [Lower Cambrian biostratigraphical and paleontological problems of Siberia] 31-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81194: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus archaeocyath sponge
subsp. primus
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus dianthus, Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Sphinctocyathus oimuranicus
Sphinctocyathus oimuranicus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
"Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus
"Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp.
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Paranacyathus subartus, "Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus, "Robustocyathus spinosoporus" = Cambrocyathellus, "Robustocyathus robustus" = Cambrocyathellus robustus, Loculicyathus sp., Loculicyathus membranivestites
Paranacyathus subartus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus spinosoporus" = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus robustus" = Cambrocyathellus robustus Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Ethmophyllum rossicum
Ethmophyllum rossicum archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
"Tumulocyathellus sp." = Plicocyathus
"Tumulocyathellus sp." = Plicocyathus Vologdin 1960 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bipallicyathidae
Heckericyathus sp., Heckericyathus heckeri
Heckericyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1960 archaeocyath sponge
Heckericyathus heckeri Zhuravleva and Zelenov 1955 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Ajacicyathus sp., Ajacicyathus ex gr. tkatschenkoi, ? Ajacicyathus biohermicus, Ajacicyathus gigantoporus
Ajacicyathus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1939 archaeocyath sponge
? Ajacicyathus biohermicus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus gigantoporus archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus polaris, Archaeolynthus sp.
Archaeolynthus polaris archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge