Dayia navicula Community in Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.5° N, 26.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.5° S, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rykhta Suite Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Upper part of Rhykta suite of the Malinovtsy series (uppermost part of Ulichian superhorizon).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• "Occurrence in Podolia of small, scattered, articulated shells in unbedded rock suggests quiet water, muddy substrate. A BA 2-3 position is reasonable, as judged from both Podolian circumstances, and from the situation of this community elsewhere."
• "unbedded rock" [stratigraphic context discussed elsewhere in this paper suggests mixed carbonate-siliciclastic]

Collection methods: Abundances given for brachiopods.

Primary reference: V. P. Gritsenko, A. A. Istchenko, L. I. Konstantinenko and P. D. Tsegelnjuk. 1999. Animal and plant communities of Podolia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 462-487 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23437: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula
Dayia navicula Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes striatellus