Khesen Formation phosphorites (Ediacaran of Mongolia)
Where: Khövsgöl, Mongolia (46.7° N, 96.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° S, 7.0° E)
When: Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic phosphorite
Size class: microfossils
Reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. P. Anderson, F. A. Macdonald, D. S. Jones, S. McMahon, and D. E. G. Briggs. 2017. Doushantuo-type Microfossils from Latest Ediacaran Phosphorites of Northern Mongolia. Geology 45(12):1079-1082 [H. Agic/H. Agic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221239: authorized by Heda Agic, entered by Heda Agic on 19.07.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Hormogoneae | |
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Obruchevella sp. Reitlinger 1948
Obruchevella magna Golovenok and Belova 1989 | |
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Siphonophycus sp. Schopf 1968 | |
| Coccogoneae | |
Variomargosphaeridium sp., Variomargosphaeridium gracile, Appendisphaera tenuis, Appendisphaera fragilis, Appendisphaera grandis
Variomargosphaeridium sp. Zang and Walter 1992 acritarchs
Variomargosphaeridium gracile Xiao et al. 2014 acritarchs
Appendisphaera tenuis Moczydlowska et al. 1993 acritarchs
Appendisphaera fragilis Moczydlowska et al. 1993 acritarchs
Appendisphaera grandis Moczydlowska et al. 1993 acritarchs | |
| Megasphaera | |
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Megasphaera sp. Chen and Liu 1986 | |
| Cavaspina | |
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Cavaspina sp. Moczydlowska et al. 1993 | |