ammonites
Sample 135, Salany-Gol River (Cambrian of Mongolia)

Where: Khasagt-Khairkhan, Mongolia (46.8° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° S, 6.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ilsanella compressa small shelly zone, Bayan Gol Formation, Tommotian (530.0 - 520.0 Ma)

• Was Tommotian, but now put in Atdabanian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• lithological description is not listed.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Collection consists of casts and shells of unknown composition. A considerable amount of the material studied was obtained from the samples of M. N. Korobov.

Primary reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Wagner] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10111: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 15.02.2001, edited by Pete Wagner