Kaltat River, Torgashino Ridge, unit 1 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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: Bazaikha Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• sample 372-9, 369-16, 370-5,6, 24.5 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

• limestones, limey sandstones and gravelites

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 81428: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Kameschkovia sp.
Batchatocyathus
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Batchatocyathus sp.
Batchatocyathus sp. Vologdin 1940
Bicyathus
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Bicyathus sp.
Bicyathus sp. Vologdin 1939
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus subcallosus, Capsulocyathus irregularis, Cryptoporocyathus vinogradovi
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge
Cryptoporocyathus vinogradovi archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus
Fransuasaecyathus subtumulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus sibiricus, Archaeolynthus nalivkini, Archaeolynthus sp.
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus nalivkini archaeocyath sponge
Archaeolynthus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus, Tumuliolynthus musatovi
Tumuliolynthus tubexternus archaeocyath sponge
Tumuliolynthus musatovi archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus artus, "Robustocyathus cf. tomicus" = Cambrocyathellus
Loculicyathus artus archaeocyath sponge
"Robustocyathus cf. tomicus" = Cambrocyathellus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Chouberticyathus sp., Dictyocyathus salairicus, Dictyocyathus quartus
Chouberticyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Dictyocyathus salairicus archaeocyath sponge
Dictyocyathus quartus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra bipartita, Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra bipartita archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus sp.
Dokidocyathus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Aldanocyathus ex gr. primitivus" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus khemtschikensis" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus
"Aldanocyathus ex gr. primitivus" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus khemtschikensis" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
Tumulocyathus sp.
Tumulocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge