Using the Linok Formation as an example, spatiotemporal relationships between siliciclastic and carbonate systems in the epeirogenic-type basin and an initial stage of the carbonate platform development are considered. Clayey-carbonate rocks of the Linok Formation correspond to the middle part of the upper Middle Riphean, up to 1.4 km thick terrigenous-carbonate cycle occurring at the base of the Turukhansk Uplift section. The formation is subdivided into the lower clayey-calcareous (18–43 m), middle, mainly argillite (40–75 m), and upper carbonate (120–220 m) subformations. The analysis of facies associations revealed that the formation was deposited as a symmetrical transgressive-regressive rock succession representing a common stratigraphic sequence. Rocks from the lower and middle subformations correspond to the agradational development of the distal and relatively deep part of the basin with mixed clayey-calcareous sedimentation, whereas the upper subformation reflects the processes of formation and expansion of the carbonate platform. It is shown that the platform development initiated in the external area of the basin, from where fine-grained sediments expanded to the internal deep-water zones. It is assumed that progradation of the platform at the initial stage of its development was characterized by diffused patterns