Lena River, Zhurinskii Mys, peribiohermal facies (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3754

Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (60.9° N, 125.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 14.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lapworthella tortuosa small shelly zone, Pestrotsvet Formation, Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Dokidocyathus regularis zone, Lapworthella tortuosa subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• flanking beds of the bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. D. Kruse, A. Y. Zhuravlev, and N. P. James. 1995. Primordial metazoan-calcimicrobial reefs: Tommotian (Early Cambrian) of the Siberian Platform. Palaios 10:291-321 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80809: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Halkieria sp.
Halkieria sp. Poulsen 1967
Watsonella crosbyi
  -
"Watsonella sibirica" = Watsonella crosbyi
"Watsonella sibirica" = Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Allathecidae
Exilitheca multa, Exilitheca ancestralis, Exilitheca oblonga, Allatheca corrugata
Allatheca corrugata Rozanov et al. 1969
 Orthothecida -
Turcutheca crassecochlia
 Hyolithida -
Notabilitus orientalis, Notabilitus costatus, Oblisicornus compositus
 Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae
Burithes distortus
Burithes distortus Syssoiev 1962
 Hyolithida - Crestjahitidae
Crestjahitus compressus
 Hyolithida -
Jacuticornus tenuistrigatus
Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -
Uniformitheca rhombiformis, Ladatheca annae, "Coleolella billingsi" = Spinulitheca billingsi
"Coleolella billingsi" = Spinulitheca billingsi Syssoiev 1962
Brachiopoda
 Tommotiida - Tommotiidae
"Tommotia admiranda" = Camenella admiranda, "Tommotia plana" = Camenella, Camenella garbowskae, "Tommotia kozlowskii" = Camenella kozlowskii
"Tommotia admiranda" = Camenella admiranda Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
"Tommotia plana" = Camenella
Camenella garbowskae Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
"Tommotia kozlowskii" = Camenella kozlowskii Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
 Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Lapworthella tortuosa
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Cryptotretidae
? Aldanotreta sunnaginensis
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida -
Platyspinites digitiformis
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria ex gr. lenaica
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Protospongiidae indet.
Protospongiidae indet. Hinde 1887 glass sponge
Archaeocyatha
 Capsulocyathida - Cryptoporocyathidae
Cryptoporocyathus junicanensis
Cryptoporocyathus junicanensis archaeocyath sponge
 Monocyathida - Monocyathidae
Archaeolynthus polaris
Archaeolynthus polaris archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Loculicyathidae
Cambrocyathellus tschuranicus, Okulitchicyathus discoformis
Cambrocyathellus tschuranicus archaeocyath sponge
Okulitchicyathus discoformis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Dictyocyathidae
Dictyocyathus translucidus
Dictyocyathus translucidus archaeocyath sponge
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus tenuis
Hyolithellus tenuis Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella lentiformis
Torellella lentiformis Syssoiev 1962