Kyrshabakty River, 1314-2 (Cambrian of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 100.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ptychagnostus intermedius trilobite zone, Aktas Formation, Tuesaian (505.3 - 503.0 Ma)

• sample 1314-2 from unit V (10-91.5 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section (Ergaliev 2008)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone

• basin plain
• "alternation of thin-bedded dark gray carbonate mudstones (thin pelitomorphic limestones)" (Ergaliev 2008)

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: S. N. Koneva. 1990. New Middle Cambrian Acrotretids (Brachiopods) from the Lesser Karatau Range. Paleontological Journal 24(3):45-55 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9969: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 05.02.2001, edited by Uta Merkel and Marcus Domansky

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Ptychagnostus affinis1 Brøgger 1878
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis amplaxis1 Robison 1982
Peronopsis ex gr. inarmata1 Hutchinson 1962
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Kyrshabaktellidae
Kyrshabaktella certa2 Ushatinskaya and in Pelman 1992
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Aksarinaia triquetra2 Koneva 1992
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Stilpnotreta tecta2 Koneva 1990
Prototreta venusta Koneva 1990