Baraniy River, Sette Daban Mountains, unit 33 (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)

• 41 m thick, lower Tayakh Suite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small coral and coral-stromatoporoid biostromes

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 79512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Borealis borealis
Borealis borealis Eichwald 1842
subsp. schmidti
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Diplochone sp.
Diplochone sp. Frech 1886 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lykophyllidae
Holophragma mitrata
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Strombodes sp.
Strombodes sp. Schweigger 1819 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Crassilasma sp., Crassilasma crassiseptatum, Dinophyllum involutum, Dinophyllum apertum
Crassilasma sp. Ivanovskiy 1962 horn coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Cystihalysites deplanatus n. sp.
Cystihalysites deplanatus n. sp. Volkova et al. 1978 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
Parastriatopora nigrolimitata n. sp.
Parastriatopora nigrolimitata n. sp. Volkova et al. 1978 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Striatopora tungusica
Striatopora tungusica tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites ex gr. multitabulata, Mesofavosites regularis, Mesofavosites ex gr. obliquus, Favosites hirsutus, Favosites kuklini, Favosites favosiformis, Favosites cf. gothlandicus, Favosites praemaximus, Paleofavosites schmidti
Mesofavosites regularis tabulate coral
Mesofavosites ex gr. obliquus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites hirsutus tabulate coral
Favosites kuklini tabulate coral
Favosites favosiformis Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites cf. gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites praemaximus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Paleofavosites schmidti tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sp.
Subalveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge