PBDB Collection

Salaany Gol, RA bioherms, Zavkhan Basin, Mongolia: Atdabanian - Botomian, Mongolia

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Chabakoviacea

	Tubomorphophyton sp. Korde 1973	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Tarthinia rotunda	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Batinevia sp. Korde 1966	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
	fragments
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae

	Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae

	Okulitchicyathus sp. n. sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Cambrocyathellus communis	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant

	Cambrocyathellus tuberculatus	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant

	Cambrocyathellus pannonicus	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae

	Tabulacyathellus bidzhaensis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Spinosocyathus mongolicus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae

	Archaeopharetra marginata	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae

	Chouberticyathus lepidus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Alataucyathidae

	Alataucyathus jaroschevitschi Zhuravleva 1955	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae

	Fransuasaecyathus sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Agyrekocyathidae

	Mennericyathus shoriensis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae

	Ichnusocyathus changaiensis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Kymbecyathidae

	Urcyathus sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Dokidocyathidae

	Dokidocyathus tuvaensis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Pretiosocyathidae

	Pretiosocyathus subtilis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Erbocyathidae

	Ladaecyathus melnikovae	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Bipallicyathidae

	Bipallicyathus manifestus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae

	Baikalocyathus ex gr. mirus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae

	Rotundocyathus floris	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Rotundocyathus levigatus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Ajacicyathus mongolicus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Robustocyathellus abundans	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Nochoroicyathus misertumulus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Nochoroicyathus amplus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Nochoroicyathus certus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Nochoroicyathus chassaktuensis	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Nochoroicyathus howelli (Vologdin 1940)	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Densocyathidae

	Leptosocyathus sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tumulifungiidae

	Tologoicyathus sp. Voronin 1988	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Monocyathida - Monocyathidae

	Archaeolynthus solidimurus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Archaeocyatha - Monocyathida - Tumuliolynthidae

	Tumuliolynthus tubexternus	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Polyactinellidae

	Dodecaactinella sp. Reif 1968	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Khasaktidae

	Edelsteinia sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Khasaktia intermedia	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant
Radiocyatha - Acanthinocyathida - Acanthinocyathidae

	? Acanthinocyathus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1936	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Radiocyatha - Hetairacyathidae

	Girphanovella georgensis	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant
Hydroconozoa

	Hydroconus tenuis	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant
unclassified

	informal Cibricyathid indet.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	Rackovskaia sp.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	informal Coleolid indet.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare

	informal Chancelloriid indet.	Kruse et al. 1996	abundant

	informal Hyolithid indet.	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
Ludloviaceae

	Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886	Kruse et al. 1996	rare
see common names

Geography

Country:	Mongolia
Coordinates:	46.9° North, 95.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	1.3° South, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark

Time

Period:	Cambrian	Epoch:	Series 2
Stage:	Stage 3	10 m.y. bin:	Cambrian 2 - Cambrian 2-3
*Period:	Early/Lower Cambrian
*International age/stage:	Late/Upper Atdabanian - Early/Lower Botomian
Key time interval:	Atdabanian - Botomian
Age range of interval:	521 - 512.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Salaany Gol
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified bindstone
Environment:	reef, buildup or bioherm

Taphonomy

Size of fossils:

macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Radiocyathan-Archaeocyathan bioherms (RA)

Metadata

Also known as:	reef 2310
Database number:	22940
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling	Enterer:	B. Bookhagen
Modifier:	B. Bookhagen	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2002-07-04 01:31:02	Last modified:	2002-07-04 09:52:58
Access level:	the public	Released:	2002-07-04 01:31:02
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

6600.

P. D. Kruse, A. Gandin, F. Debrenne and R. Wood. 1996. Early Cambrian bioconstructions in the Zavkhan Basin of western Mongolia. Geological Magazine 133(4):429-444 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/B. Bookhagen]

Secondary references:

6601

P. D. Kruse, A. Gandin, F. Debrenne and R. Wood. 1996. Early Cambrian bioconstruction in the Zavkhan Basin of western Mongolia. Geological Magazine 133(4):429-444 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/M. Uhen]