Kuznetsk Alatau, Kiya River section - Unit III, Subunit 2 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 2012

Where: Kemorovo, Russian Federation (56.0° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Unit III Member (Ust'kundat Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Regional stage: Natal'evka; Robertocyathus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, gray limestone

• Unit III consists of dark-gray to black limestones with local biostromes and solitary bioherms.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. T. Zhuravleva, I. A. Konyaeva, D. V. Osadchaya and A. S. Boyarinov. 1997. Biostratigraphy of the Kiya River section. - Early Cambrian Archaeocyaths and spicular sponges from the Kiya River section (Kuznetsk Alatau). Annales de Paléontologie 83(1):3-92 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56742: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Archaeocyatha
 Ajacicyathida - Asterocyathidae
Erismacoscinus sp.
Erismacoscinus sp. Debrenne 1958 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Nochoroicyathus sp.
Nochoroicyathus sp. Zhuravleva 1951 archaeocyath sponge
Cribricyatha
 Cribricyathida - Pyxidocyathidae
"Szecyathus" sp.
"Szecyathus" sp. Vologdin 1957 cribricyath sponge