Also known as Reef 3777
Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (54.2° N, 90.8° E: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 7.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Usa Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• sample C-84, C-92, 90 m thick, Sanashtykgol stage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 81330: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
Carinacyathus medius archaeocyath sponge | |
Rotundocyathus cf. proscurjakovi archaeocyath sponge | |
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge | |
Coscinocyathus cf. latus archaeocyath sponge | |
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus sp. Zhuravleva 1963 archaeocyath sponge | |
Chouberticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge | |
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge | |
Artiopoda | |
"Hebediscus lermontovae" = Dipharus
"Hebediscus lermontovae" = Dipharus | |
Trilobita | |
Trapezocephalina convexa trilobite | |
Poliellina sp. Poletayeva 1936 trilobite
Neopoliellina fossa trilobite | |
Redlichina vologdini trilobite |