Where: Govi-Altay, Mongolia (46.7° N, 96.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 5.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Purella antiqua small shelly zone, Bayan Gol Formation, Nemakit-Daldynian (538.8 - 525.5 Ma)

• lowermost Bayan Gol Formation, beds F and G in the lower unit 18, Purella antiqua zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. V. Khomentovsky and A. S. Gibsher. 1996. The Neoproterozoic-lower Cambrian in northern Govi-Altay, western Mongolia: regional setting, lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy. Geological Magazine 133(4):371-390 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99556: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.11.2010

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