Malaya Tes' River, Batenevskiy Ridge, unit 4 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (54.2° N, 90.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.6° S, 6.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• sample T51-54, 88-91, 150 m thick, Kameshki stage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• limestone breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. V. Osadchaya, L. N. Kashina, I. T. Zhuravleva and N. P. Borodina. 1979. Stratigrafiya i arkheotsiaty nizhnego kembriya Altaye-Sayanskoy skladchatoy oblasti [Lower Cambrian stratigraphy and archaeocyatha of the Altay-Sayan fold belt]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki, Sibirskoye Otdeleniye 380:1-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81323: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sanaricyathus sp.
Bicyathus
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Bicyathus ertaschkensis
Archaeocyatha
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus nalivkini, Archaeolynthus absolutus
Archaeolynthus nalivkini archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus absolutus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus subcallosus, Capsulocyathus irregularis
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus sp.
Fransuasaecyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Tomocyathidae
"Tomocyathus sp." = Coscinocyathella
"Tomocyathus sp." = Coscinocyathella archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus cornucopiae, Coscinocyathus cf. dianthus
Coscinocyathus cornucopiae archaeocyath sponge
Coscinocyathus cf. dianthus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Kijacyathidae
Kijacyathus cf. lavrenovae
Kijacyathus cf. lavrenovae archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Tennericyathus latus, Tennericyathus veronicae n. sp.
Tennericyathus latus archaeocyath sponge
Tennericyathus veronicae n. sp. Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Sibirecyathus abacanicus, "Aldanocyathus certus" = Nochoroicyathus
Sibirecyathus abacanicus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus certus" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Degeletticyathus sp.
Degeletticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Gordonicyathus sp., Taylorcyathus sp., Thalamocyathus howelli, "Thalamocyathellus inclinatus" = Thalamocyathus inclinatus, Pseudotennericyathellus nelliae n. sp.
Gordonicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1959 archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Thalamocyathus howelli archaeocyath sponge
"Thalamocyathellus inclinatus" = Thalamocyathus inclinatus Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge
Pseudotennericyathellus nelliae n. sp. Osadchaya et al. 1979 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus extremus, Chouberticyathus sp.
Dictyocyathus extremus archaeocyath sponge
Chouberticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
"Robustocyathus ex gr. spinosus" = Cambrocyathellus, Loculicyathus membranivestites
"Robustocyathus ex gr. spinosus" = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886