Shivelig-Khem River, unit 9 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3788

Where: Tuva, Russian Federation (51.4° N, 94.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 6.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 104 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 81469: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.06.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae
Tumulifungia sp. Zhuraleva 1968 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Carinacyathidae
"Porocyathus tannuolensis" = Carinacyathus, "Porocyathus mirabilis" = Carinacyathus
"Porocyathus tannuolensis" = Carinacyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Porocyathus mirabilis" = Carinacyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Tumulocyathidae
"Tumulocyathellus altaisajanicus" = Plicocyathus
"Tumulocyathellus altaisajanicus" = Plicocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
Kordecyathus shiveligensis archaeocyath sponge
Kordecyathus spinosus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sajanocyathidae
Zonacyathus vermiculatus archaeocyath sponge
"Ethmophyllum pseudoratum n. sp." = Chakassicyathus pseudoratus Zhuravleva 1967 archaeocyath sponge
Irinaecyathus grandiperforatus archaeocyath sponge
Irinaecyathus jadwigae archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Bronchocyathidae
Compositocyathus fraudulentus archaeocyath sponge
Taylorcyathus platiannulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
"Aldanocyathus flebilis" = Nochoroicyathus, "Aldanocyathus antiflebilis" = Nochoroicyathus, Sibirecyathus vernalis
"Aldanocyathus flebilis" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
"Aldanocyathus antiflebilis" = Nochoroicyathus archaeocyath sponge
Sibirecyathus vernalis archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
"Ussuricyathus pandus" = Mackenziecyathus, Carpicyathus mysticus
"Ussuricyathus pandus" = Mackenziecyathus archaeocyath sponge
Carpicyathus mysticus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae
Dokidocyathus pseudoregularis archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
"Rhabdocyathella baileyi" = Archaeolynthus
"Rhabdocyathella baileyi" = Archaeolynthus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Anthomorphidae
Anthomorpha rachkovskii archaeocyath sponge
Anthomorpha sisovae archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Shiveligocyathidae
"Voznesenskicyathus florens" = Shiveligocyathus
"Voznesenskicyathus florens" = Shiveligocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
"Prismocyathus praesignis" = Dictyocyathus
"Prismocyathus praesignis" = Dictyocyathus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra bipartita archaeocyath sponge
Protopharetra densa archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Clathricoscinidae
Clathricoscinus infirmus archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus vassilievi archaeocyath sponge
Clathricoscinus dentatus archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Capsulocyathus callosus archaeocyath sponge
Capsulocyathus subcallosus archaeocyath sponge
Trilobita
  - Aldonaiidae
"Eleganolimba fibrata" = Tuvanella
"Eleganolimba fibrata" = Tuvanella trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dinesidae
 Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae