M423/29, Kotui River & Kugda River Mouth, 3 km south of Kotuikan River Mouth (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (71.0° N, 102.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 6.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nochoroicyathus sunnaginicus other zone, 4 Member (Medvezhyn Formation), Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Kouchinsky & Bengston (2002) and Kouchinsky (2000) suggest Medvezhyn formation. Rowland et al. imply Krasnoporog formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, green, yellow limestone

• Platy gray-green, pale yellow limestones, often cavernous in the upper part of the member (Rozanov et al. 1969 p. 46).

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: chemical

• Full description in Rozonav et al. 1969 p. 46

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 96511: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Allathecidae
Allatheca concinna Rozanov et al. 1969
 Orthothecida -
Turcutheca annae Syssoiev 1959
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
"Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis
"Aldanella rozanovi" = Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
  - Helcionellidae
Igorella ungulata Rozanov et al. 1969
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
"Kugdatheca voluta" = Anabarites voluta
"Kugdatheca voluta" = Anabarites voluta Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920