Collection 985. Kamlak Section, Biya–Katun’ (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Gorny Altai, Russian Federation (51.6° N, 85.7° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 21.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Proconodontus conodont zone, Lower Member (Kamlak Formation), Furongian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. V. Sennikov, E. V. Lykova, O. T. Obut, T. Yu Tolmacheva, and N. G. Izokh. 2014. The new Ordovician stage standard as applied to the stratigraphic units of the western Altai–Sayan Folded Area. Russian Geology and Geophysics 55:971-988 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203913: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Conodonta
  - Amphigeisinidae
Phakelodus tenuis Muller 1959 conodont
 Paraconodontida -
Furnishina sp. Müller 1959 conodont
Furnishina furnishi Muller 1959 conodont
Westergaardodina sp. Müller 1959 conodont
Prooneotodus gallatini Müller 1959 conodont
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Niobella altaiensis" = Niobe (Niobella)
"Niobella altaiensis" = Niobe (Niobella) trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
 Harpetida - Harpididae