Shaly Sai Section II-4/1, 4/2, Nuratau (Silurian of Uzbekistan)

Where: Uzbekistan (40.4° N, 66.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 73.7° E)

When: Shaly Member (Chaltash Formation), Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• Tamchi stage. Units 3-5. Shaly member overlies Aburtkan member of Khotynbulak formation and underlies the Chashmazrak member of the Chaltash formation. The Chaltash formation underlies the Zargar member of the Dzhalpak formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: O. Ivanova, R. M. Owens, I. Kim and L. E. Popov. 2009. Late Silurian trilobites from the Nuratau and Turkestan ranges, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Geobios 42:715-737 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216472: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontodae
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata
"Ozarkodina excavata" = Wurmiella excavata Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodina excavata excavata
Trilobita
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
 Proetida - Proetidae
Lacunoporaspis postromanowskyi Ivanova 1991 trilobite
Interproetus pentaxus Ivanova et al. 2009 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cromus tamchii trilobite