Sample 351/7 - Arpatektyr Mountain (Cambrian of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Kyrgyzstan (40.4° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 103.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pulgon Formation, Middle Cambrian (513.0 - 501.0 Ma)

• Olistolith of bioclastic limestone within Silurian siliciclastic turbidites.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• Bioclastic limestone within siliciclastic turbidites.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original silica

Collected by S. Biske and A. Thikhonov in 1987-1988

Collection methods: acetic

Primary reference: M. G. Pour and L. E. Popov. 2009. Silicified Middle Cambrian trilobites from Kyrgystan. Palaeontology 52(5):1039-1056 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116223: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Arctohedridae
Arctohedra pyramidalis Aksarina 1975
Rhynchonellata
 Protorthida - Protorthidae
Glyptoria gulchensis Popov and Tikhonov 1993
Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Agraulidae
Skreiaspis aff. spinosus Jahn 1895 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Jincella sp. Snajdr 1957 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Suluktella mambetovi Pour and Popov 2009 trilobite
Altikolia kurshabica Pour and Popov 2009 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Olenoides comptus Repina 1975 trilobite
Olenoides aff. comptus Repina 1975 trilobite
Dorypyge richthofeniformis Lermontova 1940 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Corynexochina weberi Lermontova 1940 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Raragnostus cf. mirus Hajrullina 1975