Also known as Reef 3785
Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (52.8° N, 90.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 8.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Monok Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• 100-150 m thick, Sanashtykgol stage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; 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 81443: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
Tercyathellus altaicus archaeocyath sponge
Tercyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge | |
"Porocyathus sp." = Carinacyathus
"Porocyathus sp." = Carinacyathus archaeocyath sponge | |
Clathricoscinus sp. archaeocyath sponge |