Baraniy River, Sette Daban Mountains, unit 32 (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3718

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)

• 52.5 m thick, lower Tayakh Suite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• small coral biostrome in the middle part

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 79511: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Borealis borealis Eichwald 1842
subsp. schmidti
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
 Favositida - Multisoleniidae
Multisolenia sp. Fritz 1937 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites kuklini tabulate coral
Favosites hirsutus tabulate coral
Favosites acutus tabulate coral
Favosites subfavosus Klaamann 1962 tabulate coral
Favosites ex gr. gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora anikeevi tabulate coral
Catenipora cf. arctica Tchernychev 1941 tabulate coral