Lena River, Oy-Muran (Kokoulinsk) bioherm complex, unit 6-7 bioherms (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 1745

Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (61.0° N, 126.1° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° S, 13.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherms

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 81195: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus lenaicus
Dokidocyathus lenaicus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
"Kotuyicyathus sp." = Tumulocyathus, "Kotuyicyathus kotuyikensis" = Tumulocyathus, "Tumulocyathellus platiseptatus" = Plicocyathus
"Kotuyicyathus sp." = Tumulocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Kotuyicyathus kotuyikensis" = Tumulocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Tumulocyathellus platiseptatus" = Plicocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Geocyathidae
Geocyathus botomaensis
Geocyathus botomaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Ethmophyllum rossicum, Ethmophyllum sp.
Ethmophyllum rossicum archaeocyath sponge
Ethmophyllum sp. Meek 1868 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
Carinacyathus kigitasensis
Carinacyathus kigitasensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Jakutocarinidae
"Jakutocyathus jakutensis" = Jakutocarinus jakutensis
"Jakutocyathus jakutensis" = Jakutocarinus jakutensis Zhuravleva 1960 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Leptosocyathus sp., Leptosocyathus polyseptus
Leptosocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Leptosocyathus polyseptus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Taylorcyathus sp., Compositocyathus muchattensis
Taylorcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Compositocyathus muchattensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Orbicyathus mongolicus, Nochoroicyathus dissepimentalis, Nochoroicyathus grandis, Nochoroicyathus mirabilis, Nochoroicyathus sp., Ajacicyathus sp., ? Ajacicyathus cf. biohermicus, Ajacicyathus gigantoporus, Ajacicyathus tkatschenkoi
Orbicyathus mongolicus archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus dissepimentalis archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus grandis archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus mirabilis archaeocyath sponge
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1939 archaeocyath sponge
? Ajacicyathus cf. biohermicus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus gigantoporus archaeocyath sponge
Ajacicyathus tkatschenkoi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Degeletticyathus sp.
Degeletticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bipallicyathidae
Heckericyathus sp., Heckericyathus heckeri
Heckericyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1960 archaeocyath sponge
Heckericyathus heckeri Zhuravleva and Zelenov 1955 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida -
Sphinctocyathus oimuranicus, Sphinctocyathus sp.
Sphinctocyathus oimuranicus archaeocyath sponge
Sphinctocyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1962 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp., Dictyocyathus translucidus
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Dictyocyathus translucidus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
Spinosocyathus maslennikovae
Spinosocyathus maslennikovae archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra polymorpha
Protopharetra polymorpha archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
"Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus
"Archaeofungia sp." = Pycnoidocyathus Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
"Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus, "Robustocyathus annulatus" = Cambrocyathellus, "Robustocyathus robustus" = Cambrocyathellus robustus, Loculicyathus membranivestites, Paranacyathus subartus
"Robustocyathus sp." = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus annulatus" = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus robustus" = Cambrocyathellus robustus Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
Paranacyathus subartus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp., Coscinocyathus rojkovi, Coscinocyathus dianthus
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
Coscinocyathus rojkovi archaeocyath sponge
Coscinocyathus dianthus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus archaeocyath sponge
subsp. primus and secundus
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus polaris, Archaeolynthus nalivkini
Archaeolynthus polaris archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus nalivkini archaeocyath sponge