Section 96-5a, left bank of Bol'shaya Kuonamka river, Emyaksin formation (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as A-50 of Val'kov (1975), samples 5a/1, 5a/1.2, 5a/5, 5a/6, 5a/9, 5a/10.5, 5a/15, 5a/15.5, 5a/17.5, 5a/18.5, 5a/34.5, 5a/34.75

Where: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation (70.7° N, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 10.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Emyaksin Formation, Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Stage 2. Emyaksin is equivalent to Tommotian and upper Terreneuvian

Environment/lithology: gray, green, red lime mudstone and glauconitic, pebbly wackestone

• "The lower Emyaksin Formation is represented by greenish-grey and reddish-maroon lime mud- and wackestone with glauconite and polymict gravel lenses up to a few decimeters-thick at the base of formation"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with phosphate

Collected by Artem Kouchinsky, Stefan Bengston in 1996

• Reposited in Swedish Museum of Natural History (SMNH)

Primary reference: A. Kouchinsky, S. Bengtson, E. Landing, M. Steiner, M. Vendrasco and K. Ziegler. 2017. Terreneuvian stratigraphy and faunas from the Anabar Uplift, Siberia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):311-440 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233198: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 20.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus vladimirovae Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida -
Cupitheca sp. Duan 1984
Turcutheca sp. Rozanov et al. 1969
Khetatheca cotuiensis Syssoiev 1959
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca cf. mammilata Rozanov et al. 1969
unclassified
  -
Mollusca "problematic shell" Linnaeus 1758
Some similarity to "chitin-like scleritome of Ocruranus finial"
Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
Aldanella cf. sibirica Parkhaev and Karlova 2011
 Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Oelandiella korobkovi Vostokova 1962
Tuoraconus sp. Missarzhevsky 1989
Anabarella plana Vostokova 1962
Obtusoconus vostokovae Vassiljeva 1990
Obtusoconus cf. mirabilis Vasil'eva 1990
Securiconus cf. simus Luo et al. 1982
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria sp. Poulsen 1967
 Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae
Lopochites sp. Qian 1977
Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
Selindeochrea tripartita Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Selindeochrea cf. tecta Val'kov 1982 jellyfish
Selindeochrea ternaria Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Selindeochrea missarzhevskyi Vasil’eva 1986 jellyfish
Anabarites compositus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Anabarites hexasulcatus Missarzhevsky 1974 jellyfish
Anabarites biplicatus Missarzhevsky 1989 jellyfish
Anabarites kelleri Missarzhevsky 1989 jellyfish
Anabarites tristichus Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Anabarites hariolus Val'kov 1987 jellyfish
Fomitchella
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Fomitchella acinaciformis Missarzhevsky 1977
Fomitchella aff. acinaciformis Missarzhevsky 1977
Fomitchella infundibuliformis
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"Fomitchella infundibuliformis" = Fomitchella infundabiliformis, "Fomitchella aff. infundibuliformis" = Fomitchella infundabiliformis
"Fomitchella infundibuliformis" = Fomitchella infundabiliformis Rozanov et al. 1969
"Fomitchella aff. infundibuliformis" = Fomitchella infundabiliformis Rozanov et al. 1969
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria symmetrica Vassiljeva 1985