EARLY CAMBRIAN LINGULELLOTRETA (LINGULATA, BRACHIOPODA) FROM SOUTH KAZAKSTAN (MALYI-KARATAU RANGE) AND SOUTH CHINA (EASTERN YUNNAN)

''Lingulepis'' malongensis Rong from the upper part of the Lower Cambr ian Chiungchussu Formation of Yunnan is referred to Lingulellotreta Ko neva; L. malongensis (=Lingulellotreta ergalievi Koneva) is redescribe d on the basis of new material from the Lower Cambrian of south Kazakh stan. It is the earliest known taxon of the Lingulellotretidae, which is unique within the Linguloidea in having an elongate pedicle foramen and internal pedicle tube. The occurrence of Lingulellotreta malongen sis in south China is considered usually to be of Atdabanian age, but brachiopod based correlation with south Kazakhstan suggests that a pos sible Botomian or younger age, for both the upper part of Chiungchussu Formation in Yunnan and the lowermost part of Shabakty Group in the M alyi Karatau Range, is equally plausible.