Khatyspyt Formation

The Khatyspyt Formation is a Neoproterozoic formation exposed in the Olenëk Uplift of north central Siberia,[1] which contains the only known instance of the Ediacara biota preserved in a limestone bed.[2] The Khatyspyt formation forms one of the major parts of the Khorbusuonka Group; underlying the Khatyspyt are dolomites of the Mastakh formation and their overlying red beds; the Turkut formation overlies the Khatyspyt. The Khatyspyt and part of the overlying Turkut comprise a major shallowing upward marine carbonate sequence. [3] Khatyspytia is named after this formation.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grazhdankin, Dima (2004), Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution 30 (2), pp. 203–221, doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO
  2. ↑ Uwe Balthasar; Dima Grazhdankin (2007). "Preservation of Ediacaran fossils in limestones from the Khatyspyt Formation (Siberia)". In Budd, G.E.; Streng, M.; Daley, A.C.; Willman, S. Programme with Abstracts. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting 51. Uppsala, Sweden. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Knoll, Andrew H.; John P. Grotzinger; Alan J. Kaufman; Petr Kolosov (1995). "Integrated approaches to terminal Proterozoic stratigraphy: an example from the Olenek Uplift, northeastern Siberia". Precambrian Research 73: 251–270. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00081-2.