Khatyspyt Formation

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Khatyspyt Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofOlenëk Uplift
UnderliesTurkut Formation
OverliesMastakh Formation
Location
LocationSiberia

The Khatyspyt Formation is a Neoproterozoic formation exposed in the 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 ; underlying the Khatyspyt are dolomites of the and their overlying red beds; the 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.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Grazhdankin, Dima (2004), Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution, 30, 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)" (PDF). In Budd, G. E.; Streng, M.; Daley, A. C.; Willman, S. (eds.). Programme with Abstracts. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting. 51. Uppsala, Sweden. p. 28.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.
  4. ^ Grazhdankin, Dima (2004). "Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: facies versus biogeography and evolution". Paleobiology. 30 (2): 203–221. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0094-8373.
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