Where: Kazakhstan (43.6° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 102.8° E)

When: Ushbaspis limbata zone, Shabakty Group, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Fossils from the lower unit of the Shabakty Group (0-4.5 m above the lower contact with the Chulaktan Formation). The upper portion of the Lingulellotreta malongensis stratigraphic range correlates to the Wulonqing Member, Tsanglangpu in Yunnan. Both represent the R. chinensis zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and J.-Y. Rong. 1997. Early Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from south Kazakhstan (Malyi Karatau Range) and south China (eastern Yunnan). Journal of Paleontology 71(4):577-584 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9630: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 23.03.2001, edited by Phil Borkow

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