Malyy Karakol River, Western Sayan, unit 5 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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)

• 20 m thick, Sanashtykgol stage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• limestone unit intercalated in sandstones and tuffconglomerates

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 81444: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Kazachstanicyathida - Altaicyathidae
"Abakanicyathus sp." = Altaicyathus
"Abakanicyathus sp." = Altaicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Tabellaecyathidae
Taeniaecyathellus sp.
Taeniaecyathellus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus sp.
Dictyocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus condensis, "Spirocyathus condensis" = Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus)
Archaeocyathus condensis archaeocyath sponge
"Spirocyathus condensis" = Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus) archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra laqueata, Protopharetra sp.
Protopharetra laqueata archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Sajanocyathus sp.
Sajanocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Ajacicyathus sp., "Nochoroicyathus mariinskii" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus
Ajacicyathus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1939 archaeocyath sponge
"Nochoroicyathus mariinskii" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus sp." = Nochoroicyathus Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Asterocyathus sp.
Asterocyathus sp. Vologdin 1940 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus sp.
Dokidocyathus sp. Taylor 1910 archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus sibiricus
Archaeolynthus sibiricus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Coscinocyathidae
Coscinocyathus sp.
Coscinocyathus sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge