Where: Russian Federation (54.3° N, 85.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 14.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Belovo Horizon Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)
• Here are the subdivisions of the Telengitian Stage in type locality. Authors correlate stage roughly with Emsian, but note that the Salairka Horizon is said to correlate with the dehiscens Zone, which, according to Harland et al. 1990 is Pragian.
•JA: originally entered as Emsian; the gronbergi zone is early Emsian
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•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Upper Shanda Beds c.partitus/c.patulus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Middle Shanda Beds serotinus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Lower Shanda Beds P.n.sp./inversus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Belovo Horizon gronbergi Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Upper Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Middle Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Lower Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and limestone
•A: "consists mainly of biogenic-clastic limestone."
• A1: "coral limestones interbedded with siltstones and mudstones containing plant remains"
• A2: "massive reefal limestones" / "biogenic-clastic limestones, locally with coral bioherms"
•B: "composed chiefly of mudstones"
• B1: "interbedded with limestones and richly fossiliferous"
• B2: "barren"
•C: "consists of bedded, platy, clayey limestones locally marked by traces of subaqueous slumping"
•D: "may be equated with a sandy-muddy member with abundant plant remains"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. A. Yolkin, R. T. Gratsianova, N. K. Bakharev, N. E. Izokh, A. Yu Yazikov, L. V. V'yushkova, V. A. Zheltonogova and N. M. Petrosyan. 1988. Facies and faunal associations of the Telengitian (Emsian) in its type locality. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 193-207 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35713: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.01.2004
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Acanthodes ? dublinensis spiny fish | |
Nostolepis "sp. A", Nostolepis "sp. B", Cheiracanthoides "sp. A", Cheiracanthoides "sp. B", Cheiracanthoides comptus
Nostolepis "sp. A" Pander 1856 spiny fish
Nostolepis "sp. B" Pander 1856 spiny fish
Cheiracanthoides "sp. A" Wells 1944 spiny fish
Cheiracanthoides "sp. B" Wells 1944 spiny fish
Cheiracanthoides comptus Wells 1944 spiny fish | |
Elasmobranchii indet. Bonaparte 1838 elasmobranch | |
Conodonta | |
Icriodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont | |
Pandorinellina sp. Müller and Müller 1957 conodont
Polygnathus gronbergi conodont | |
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptaenopyxis bouei Barrande 1848 | |
Strophochonetes salairicus, "Hemichonetes (Hemichonetes) inflexus n. sp." = Chlupacina
"Hemichonetes (Hemichonetes) inflexus n. sp." = Chlupacina | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860 | |
Ostracoda | |
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Tricornina robusticerata ostracod | |
Microcheilinella ex gr. larionovae ostracod | |
Saumella salairica ostracod | |
Praepilatina praepilata ostracod | |
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Libumella inornata ostracod | |
Aparchitellina propria ostracod | |
Semibolbina "sp. 2" ostracod
Miraculum "sp. 1" ostracod | |
Abditoloculina "sp. A", Hanaites "sp. 1", Hanaites "sp. 2", Hollina "sp. 1", Ctenoloculina "sp. 1", Ctenoloculina longivellum, Ctenoloculina "sp. 2"
Abditoloculina "sp. A" ostracod
Hanaites "sp. 1" ostracod
Hanaites "sp. 2" ostracod
Hollina "sp. 1" Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod
Ctenoloculina "sp. 1" Bassler 1941 ostracod
Ctenoloculina longivellum ostracod
Ctenoloculina "sp. 2" Bassler 1941 ostracod | |
Guerichiella "sp. 1" ostracod | |
Coeloenellina testata ostracod | |
Moorites gurjevskiensis ostracod | |
Ulrichia "sp. 1" Jones 1890 ostracod | |
Sulcicuneus salairicus ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Tabulophyllum schlueteri horn coral | |
Tryplasma aeauabile horn coral | |
Cystiphylloides mirabile horn coral |