Also known as Reef 3786
Where: Khakasiya, Russian Federation (52.5° N, 89.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.7° S, 9.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Monok Formation, Botomian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)
• 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 81462: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
Aptocyathus gordoni, "Aptocyathella prima" = Aptocyathus prima
Aptocyathus gordoni archaeocyath sponge
"Aptocyathella prima" = Aptocyathus prima Zhuravleva et al. 1964 archaeocyath sponge | |
Syringocyathus cf. aspectabilis archaeocyath sponge | |
Tercyathus validus archaeocyath sponge |