Omulev Mnt. area, Kanyon Fm., Mirny Creek section, Unit A1 (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (64.0° N, 147.2° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 6.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Climacograptus peltifer zone, Kanyon Formation, Sandbian (458.4 - 453.0 Ma)

• Caradocian

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray limestone and calcareous shale

• The Kanyon Formation is about 412 m thick
• dark gray limestone alternating with calcareous shale and siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Zhang and C. R. Barnes. 2007. Late Ordovician to Early Silurian Conodont faunas from the Kolyma Terrane, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia, and their paleobiogeographic affinity. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):490-512 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142449: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Walliserodus curvatus
Walliserodus curvatus Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus, Belodina compressa
Panderodus unicostatus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Belodina compressa Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus suberectus, ? Paroistodus mutatus
Drepanoistodus suberectus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Periodon mirnyensis