Kazly River, Western Sayan, Upper Monok Formation (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3786

Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (52.3° N, 89.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Monok Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)

• Sanashtykgol stage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• massive limestone beds intercalated with tuffsandstones

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 81449: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lebedicyathus duplicatus, Kameschkovia sp.
Archaeocyatha
 Kazachstanicyathida - Altaicyathidae
"Abakanicyathus karakolensis" = Altaicyathus
"Abakanicyathus karakolensis" = Altaicyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
Syringocyathus aspectabilis, Syringocyathus sp.
Syringocyathus aspectabilis archaeocyath sponge
Syringocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae
Ladaecyathus laevus, Erbocyathus sp.
Ladaecyathus laevus archaeocyath sponge
Erbocyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tegerocyathidae
Tegerocyathus abakanensis
Tegerocyathus abakanensis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
"Porocyathus mirabilis" = Carinacyathus
"Porocyathus mirabilis" = Carinacyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tercyathidae
Tercyathellus altaicus, "Tercyathus duplex" = Tercyathus, "Piamaecyathus sp." = Tercyathus, Clathricyathus sp.
Tercyathellus altaicus archaeocyath sponge
"Tercyathus duplex" = Tercyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Piamaecyathus sp." = Tercyathus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricyathus sp. archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Botomocyathidae
Botomocyathus zelenovi
Botomocyathus zelenovi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Sajanocyathus ussovi, Irinaecyathus ex gr. grandiperforatus
Sajanocyathus ussovi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae
Densocyathus sanaschtykgolensis
 Archaeocyathida - Syringocnemidae
Syringocnema eleganta
Syringocnema eleganta archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae
Claruscoscinus ex gr. billingsi
Claruscoscinus ex gr. billingsi Vologdin 1940 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus condensis
Archaeocyathus condensis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Loculicyathus membranivestites
Loculicyathus membranivestites archaeocyath sponge
 Putapacyathida - Alphacyathidae
"Aptocyathus gordoni" = Aptocyathus, "Aptocyathus vitilis" = Aptocyathus, "Aptocyathus sp." = Aptocyathus, "Galinaecyathus sp." = Aptocyathus, "Aptocyathella prima" = Aptocyathus prima
"Aptocyathus gordoni" = Aptocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aptocyathus vitilis" = Aptocyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aptocyathus sp." = Aptocyathus Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
"Galinaecyathus sp." = Aptocyathus Vologdin 1937 archaeocyath sponge
"Aptocyathella prima" = Aptocyathus prima Zhuravleva et al. 1964 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus infirmus, Clathricoscinus vassilievi, Clathricoscinus inopinatus
Clathricoscinus infirmus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus vassilievi archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus inopinatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus irregularis
Capsulocyathus irregularis archaeocyath sponge