M321/31, Zrueachaka (Rassokha, Eriechka) River near Nemakit-Daldyn River Mouth (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation (71.5° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° S, 7.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aldanocyathus sunnaginicus - Tiksitheca licis small shelly zone, 7 Member (Pestrotsvet Formation), Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Lower Tommotian; Layer 7. From Kouchinsky, et al. (2017): "Correlated with the upper Fortunian Stage."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, glauconitic, green, red, argillaceous limestone

• Platy argillaceous limestones on undulating bed with shallow pock-marks and pits, often with breccias at the base. The base is greenish-gray and speckled, but deep claret, lilac and dirty pink above. The fossiliferous layers are glauconitic.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: A. Y. Rozanov, V. V. Missarzhevsky, N. A. Volkova, L. G. Voronova, I. N. Krylov, B.M. Keller, I. K. Korolyuk, K. Lendzion, R. Mikhnyar, N. G. Pykhova, and A. D. Sidorov. 1969. Tommotskiu jarus i problema nizhney granisty kembriya [The Tommotian Stage and the Cambrian lower Boundary problem]. Trudy Geoligske Institut Leningrad 206:1-379 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96396: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Purella cristata
  - Maikhanellidae
Purella cristata Missarzhevsky 1974
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Aldanella crassa, "Aldanella cf. attleborensis" = Aldanella attleborensis, "Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis, "Aldanella utchurica" = Aldanella attleborensis
Aldanella crassa Rozanov et al. 1969
"Aldanella cf. attleborensis" = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
Aldanella ex. gr. attleborensis
"Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
"Aldanella utchurica" = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Igorella ungulata Rozanov et al. 1969
"Latouchella korobkovi" = Oelandiella korobkovi Vostokova 1962
Bemella jacutica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Anabarella plana Vostokova 1962
 Helcionellida - Coreospiridae
Latouchella memorabilis n. sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Kotuyitheca curta n. sp. Missarzhevsky 1974
Described in ref. 87033 (Kouchinsky, et al., 2017)
Turcutheca rugata Syssoiev 1959
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Circotheca kuteinikovi Rozanov et al. 1969
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Cambrotubulus decurvatus, "Anabarites tripartitus" = Selindeochrea tripartita, "Anabarites ternarius" = Selindeochrea ternaria, "Anabarites tricarinatus" = Selindeochrea tricarinata, "Anabaritellus hexasulcatus" = Anabarites hexasulcatus, "Kugdatheca voluta" = Anabarites voluta, Anabarites tristichus, Tiksitheca licis
Cambrotubulus decurvatus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
"Anabarites tripartitus" = Selindeochrea tripartita Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
"Anabarites ternarius" = Selindeochrea ternaria Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
"Anabarites tricarinatus" = Selindeochrea tricarinata Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
"Anabaritellus hexasulcatus" = Anabarites hexasulcatus Missarzhevsky 1974 jellyfish
"Kugdatheca voluta" = Anabarites voluta Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Anabarites tristichus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Tiksitheca licis Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Fomitchella
  -
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872