Tesik River, Chu-Ili Range, sample 948: Caradoc, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Nikolaispira guttula
13 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida
Kellerella misiusi Popov et al. 1999
16 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Pectenospira pectenata Popov et al. 1999
15 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Wangyuiidae
? Bowanorthis devexa Popov et al. 2002
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis sp. Foerste 1914
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
11 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina iliana Popov et al. 2002
15 specimens
Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975
62 specimens
Liostrophia pravula Popov et al. 2002
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Ilistrophina tesikensis n. gen., n. sp. Popov et al. 2002
14 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema akchokense
2 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla (Nikitin and Popov 1996)
4 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Sortanella aff. quinquecostata Nikitin and Popov 1996
5 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Craspedelia tata
4 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Bellimurina sp. Cooper 1956
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 44.6° North, 74.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.2° South, 77.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
Key time interval:Caradoc
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Anderken
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: massive micritic limestones forming the core of a mud-mound with lens-like beds of biosparite at the base
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Bulk collection refers to brachiopods only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3740
Database number:80214
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-09 02:28:12 Last modified:2008-05-19 12:45:25
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26964. L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]