Articulate Brachiopods of the Grinchuk Beds, Malinovtsy Stage, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.0° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• From correlation chart in this paper: Correlation is with parts of Leintwardine and Whitcliffe (i.e. lower and upper Ludfordian).

Environment/lithology: marine; marl and argillaceous limestone

• Lithology based on symbols in illustrated section. Shown are: marls, limestones, and argillaceous limestones.

Primary reference: O. I. Nikiforova, T. L. Modzalevskaya, and M. G. Bassett. 1985. Review of the Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian articulate brachiopods of Podolia. Special Papers in Palaeontology (34)1-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14145: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Articulate brachiopods only.
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus crispus Lindström 1861
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Atrypella prunum" = Atrypoidea prunum
"Atrypella prunum" = Atrypoidea prunum Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida -