Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (62.2° N, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 16.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Khandyg Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• 38 m thick, upper Tayakh Suite
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: K. B. Khayznikova. 1989. Biostratigrafiya i tabulyaty biogermnykh otlozheniy rannego paleozoya; Yuzhnoye Verkhoyanye [Biostratigraphy and Tabulata of lower Paleozoic bioherm deposits; southern Verkhoyansk region] [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79397: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Pseudophaulactis sp. Zaprudskaya 1963 horn coral | |
Dinophyllum apertum horn coral | |
Favosites favosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites brevispinus tabulate coral |