Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (62.9° N, 138.1° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° N, 9.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kuranakh Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)
• 119 m thick, lower Tayakh Suite
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: K. N. Volkova, Y. Y. Latypov, and K. B. Khayznikova. 1978. Ordovik i silur Yuzhnogo Verkhoyanya (biostratigrafiya i paleontologiya) [The Ordovician and Silurian of the southern Verkhoyansk Range (biostratigraphy and paleontology)]. Trudy Instituta Geologii i Geofiziki 381:3-219 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79506: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Paleofavosites schmidti, Paleofavosites paulus, Paleofavosites mirus, Mesofavosites sp., Mesofavosites silicificatus
Paleofavosites schmidti tabulate coral
Paleofavosites paulus tabulate coral
Paleofavosites mirus tabulate coral
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites silicificatus Klaamann 1959 tabulate coral | |
Catenipora ex gr. gothlandica tabulate coral | |
Palaeophyllum sp. Billings 1858 horn coral | |
Dinophyllum sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
Tungussophyllum conulus horn coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Armenoceras sp. Foerste 1924 |