Malyi Karatau, Aktugay I section (Cambrian to of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 69.9° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 103.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pseudorthotheca costata zone, Chulaktau Formation, Tommotian to Tommotian (525.5 - 516.0 Ma)

• Bercutia cristata Zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified chert

• chert with sandy and dolomite interbeds

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: B. Weber, M. Steiner, S. Evseev and G. Yergaliev. 2013. First report of a Meishucun-type early Cambrian (Stage 2) ichnofauna from the Malyi Karatau area (SE Kazakhstan): Palaeoichnological, palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 392:209-231 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155787: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

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 Ichnofossils -
Planolites sp., ? Cruziana sp., ? Gordia sp., Lingulichnus sp., Psammichnites sp., Treptichnus sp., Palaeophycus sp., ? Rusophycus sp.
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
? Cruziana sp. d'Orbigny 1842
? Gordia sp. Emmons 1844
Lingulichnus sp. Hakes 1976
Psammichnites sp. Torell 1870
Treptichnus sp. Miller 1889
Palaeophycus sp. Hall 1847
? Rusophycus sp. Hall 1852