Isakov Beds at S-D boundary section in Dniestr Valley (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.6° N, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Isakov Beds Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomite and dolomitic marl

• "...dolomites and dolomitic marls with thin mudstone and tuffogenic clay bands; 34 m thick."

Primary reference: O. I. Nikiforova. 1977. Podolia. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS Publication, Series A, Number 5) 52-64 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13872: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene aspera trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
"Rhynchospira baylei" = Rhynchospirina
"Rhynchospira baylei" = Rhynchospirina
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni de Sowerby 1816
 Rhombifera - Callocystitidae
"Apiocystites angelini" = Lovenicystis angelini
"Apiocystites angelini" = Lovenicystis angelini Jaekel 1899