Kaltat River, Torgashino Ridge, G. howelli zone (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3780

Where: Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russian Federation (56.0° N, 92.9° E: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 4.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Gordonicyathus howelli zone, upper Bazaikha-lower Torgashino Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• massive light gray reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. V. Osadchaya and D. V. Kotelnikov. 1998. Archaeocyathids from the Atdabanian (Lower Cambrian) of the Altay-Sayan Foldbelt, Russia. Geodiversitas 20(1):5-18 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81252: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Dictyosycon sp., Dictyosycon ex gr. radiatus, Dictyosycon ex gr. gravis, Archaeopharetra sp.
Dictyosycon sp. archaeocyath sponge
Dictyosycon ex gr. radiatus archaeocyath sponge
Dictyosycon ex gr. gravis archaeocyath sponge
Archaeopharetra sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus membranivestites, Neoloculicyathus sp., Neoloculicyathus primus, Neoloculicyathus ex gr. chabakovi, Cambrocyathellus sp., Cambrocyathellus similiseptus, Cambrocyathellus ex gr. kundatus, ? Paranacyathus sp.
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
Neoloculicyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Neoloculicyathus primus archaeocyath sponge
Cambrocyathellus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Cambrocyathellus similiseptus archaeocyath sponge
? Paranacyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge