Sequence C, Zimnie Gory, White Sea, Russia (Ediacaran of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (65.6° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° S, 21.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Sea other zone, Ust-Pinega Formation, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• Uppermost Ust-Pinega Formation. Sequence C is up to 55 m thick

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siltstone and lithified sandstone

• Siliciclastic rocks belong to the uppermost Ust-Pinega Formation and form the northern flank of the Mezen Basin along the southeast flank of the Baltic Shield.
• Composed of a basal thin horizon of flat-pebble to cobble conglomerate that is locally imbricated, which is overlain by interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and claystone.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Only resolved to genus level

Primary reference: M. W. Martin, D. V. Grazhdankin, S. A. Bowring, D. A. D. Evans, M. A. Fedonkin and J. L. Kirschvink. 2000. Age of Neoproterozoic bilatarian body and trace fossils, White Sea, Russia: implications for metazoan evolution. Science 288:841-845 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51906: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Many other forms mentioned but not listed
Palaeopascichnus
  -
Palaeopascichnus sp. Palij 1976
Trace fossil
Ovatoscutum
  -
Ovatoscutum sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
 Eumetazoa -
Parvancorina sp. Glaessner 1958
Brachina sp. Wade 1972
 Triradialomorpha -
Anfesta sp. Fedonkin 1984
Tribrachidium sp. Glaessner 1959
 Kimberellomorpha -
Kimberella sp. Glaessner 1959
 Bilaterialomorpha -
Vendia sp. Keller 1976
Yelovichnus
  -
Yelovichnus sp. Fedonkin 1985
Trace fossil
Vendiamorpha
  - Yorgiidae
Yorgia sp. Ivantsov 1999
Nemiana
  -
Nemiana sp. Palij 1976
Medusae
  -
Irridinitus sp. Fedonkin 1983
Ediacaria
  -
Ediacaria sp. Sprigg 1947
Aspidella
  -
"Eoporpita sp." = Aspidella, "Cyclomedusa sp." = Aspidella
"Eoporpita sp." = Aspidella Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa sp." = Aspidella Billings 1872
Mawsonites
  -
Mawsonites sp. Glaessner and Wade 1966
Inaria
  -
Inaria sp. Gehling 1988
 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia sp. Sprigg 1947
 Life -
Intrites sp. Bekker 1992
Trace fossil