Eurypterids of the Ustje Beds in Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.0° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ustje Formation (Malinovtsy Group), Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "Environment: no data"
• "fine-grained limestone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Author says that not other biota are associated with eurypterids. (Lower in the unit are brachiopods, ostracodes, and gastropods.) See PBDB collections 14143,14144,14145.

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26933: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Fischer 1839 eurypterid