Baba-Ata Section, Shabakty Group, Kazakhstan - Holmer et. al 1997: Botomian - Lenian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulellotretidae
Lingulellotreta malongensis (Rong 1974)
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Linnarssonia constans Koneva 1983
Holmer et al. 2001
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
unclassified
Eodiorygma acrotretophilia n. gen., n. sp. Bassett et al. 2012
Bassett et al. 2012 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 69.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° North, 102.0° East
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Cambrian - Middle Cambrian *Epoch:Caerfai
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Lenian - Middle Lenian *Local age/stage:Botomian
Key time interval:Botomian - Lenian Zone: Redlichia chinensis - Cotenia gimelfarbi
Age range of interval:515.60000 - 510.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Shabakty
Local section:Baba-Ata
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from the lower unit of the Shabakty Group (0-4.5m above the lower contact with the Chulaktan Formation). The Upper portion of the Lingulellotreta malongensis stratigraphic range correlates to the Wulonqing Member, Tsanglanpu in Yunnan. Both represent the R. chinensis zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:9629
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, M. Uhen, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Krug, P. Borkow, M. Uhen, M. Domansky
Modifier:A. Krug Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-03-23 08:34:33 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:01:39
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-23 08:34:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

838. L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and J.-Y. Rong. 1997. Early Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from south Kazakhstan (Malyi Karatau Range) and south China (eastern Yunnan). Journal of Paleontology 71(4):577-584 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

48417 M. G. Bassett, L. E. Popov, and L. E. Holmer. 2012. The oldest-known metazoan parasite. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1214-1216 [M. Uhen/J. Benefield/M. Uhen]
37885 L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky]