ammonites
Kyrshabakty River, 1402-1 (Cambrian of Kazakstan)

Where: Kazakstan (43.5° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 95.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Micragnostus mutabilis-Lophosaukia trilobite zone, Bestogai Formation, Batyrbaian (498.5 - 488.3 Ma)

• sample 1402-1 from unit XII (530-600 m) of the Kyrshabakty River section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• inner fan feeder channels; slope of an isolated carbonate platform known as the Aisha-Bibi sea-mount
• wavy-bedded (bioturbated) grey and dark grey lime mudstone and wackestone (detrital limestone)

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180 [W. Kiessling/M. Domansky] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122793: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Domansky on 05.01.2012