ammonites
Isha River in the Gornyy Altai region, Russia - Zhuravlev et. al 1983 (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (52.0° N, 86.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 11.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lenian (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

• lithological description is not listed.

Collection methods: The collection only includes new genera/species. Other possible genera found at the localities are unknown. The fossils described are stored at the Paleontological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences and at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences.

Primary reference: A. Y.u. Zhuravlev, I. T. Zhuravleva, and V. D. Fonin. 1983. Lower Cambrian archaeocyathids from Siberia. Paleontological Journal 17(2):20-31 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10089: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 14.02.2001