Anderkenyn-Akchoku, Chu-Ili Range, sample 8223b: Sandbian, Kazakhstan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis pristina Popov et al. 2002
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania aff. sulcata Williams 1962
2 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella aff. ampla (Nikitin and Popov 1996)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Craspedelia tata
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Limbimurina sp.
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 75.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.5° South, 78.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Sandbian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4
Key time interval:Sandbian Graptolite zone: Diplograptus multidens
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 453.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Anderken
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Was Caradoc. Informal unit 5. Sa2.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: chain of carbonate build-ups, sample from bedded limestone from the mound flank
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Bulk collection refers to brachiopods only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2504
Database number:80208
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:80177
Created:2008-04-09 00:35:23 Last modified:2018-05-03 18:03:31
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-09 00:35:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26964. L. E. Popov, L. R. M. Cocks, and I. F. Nikitin. 2002. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Anderken Formation, Kazakhstan: their ecology and systematics. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 58(1):13-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]