Ilych River, Northern Urals, Russia (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 2161

Where: Russian Federation (62.5° N, 58.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Possibly early Ludlow

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Barrier reef, 500 m thick and 9 km long

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. I. Antoshkina. 1999. Origin and evolution of lower Paleozoic reefs in the Pechora Urals, Russia. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 47(2):85-103 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 24017: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Most likely incomplete - only common taxa listed
unclassified
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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Aphrosalpinx sp. demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Axuolites sp. Sharkova 1963 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Hydrozoa
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Fistulella sp. Shuysky 1970
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
cf. Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Ludlovia
  - Ludloviaceae
Ludlovia sp. Korde 1973
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
 Life -
"Wetheredella sp." = Allonema
"Wetheredella sp." = Allonema
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Sphaerina
  -
Sphaerina sp. Riding and Soja 1993
Rothpletzella
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Hecetaphyton
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Hecetaphyton sp. Riding and Soja 1993
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878