Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Upper Rashkov Beds in Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.0° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° S, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Varnytsya Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Skala Horizon, Upper Rashkov Suite. PJW: Upper Rashkov is now Varnytsya (= Varnitsa)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, yellow dolomite and dolomitic, gray, green, yellow marl

• "Environment: no data"
• "Gray, yellow-gray, and gray-green dolomite and dolomitic marl"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: See PBDB collections 13873,14147

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 26934: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
"Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus" = Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Fischer 1839 eurypterid
Lingulata
  -
Lingulata indet. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
"lingulids"