Mangyshlak Mountains (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (44.2° N, 52.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 56.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. V. Lobatscheva. 2001. Lower Aptian brachiopods from the Mountainous Mangyshlak. Paleontological Journal 35(1):30-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64638: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Cyrtothyris seeleyi, Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis, Praelongithyris transcaspica n. sp., Sellithyris urwarensis, Sellithyris sella
Cyrtothyris seeleyi Walker 1870
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Lamellaerhynchia bertheloti, Cyclothyris parvirostris, Cyclothyris cf. lata, Cyclothyris tuarkyrica, Cyclothyris cf. sayni, Cyclothyris gibbsiana, Cyclothyris larwoodi, Sulcirhynchia hythensis
Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Burrirhynchia luppovi n. sp., Septatoechia savelievi n. sp., Belbekella renngarteni
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Protocytheridae
Aaleniella sp.
Aaleniella sp. Plumhoff 1963 ostracod