Baraniy River, Sette Daban Mountains, unit 35 (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3719

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: Khandyg Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• 68.5 m thick, upper Tayakh Suite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small coral biostromes in the upper 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 79513: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
 Stauriida - Ketophyllidae
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
 Stauriida - Lykophyllidae
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Cystilasma sp." = Cystiphyllum, "Cystilasma arcticum" = Cystiphyllum
"Cystilasma sp." = Cystiphyllum Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
"Cystilasma arcticum" = Cystiphyllum horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites nitidus tabulate coral
 Favositida - Multisoleniidae
Multisolenia tortuosa Fritz 1937 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites obliquus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites hirsutus tabulate coral
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
 Favositida - Theciidae
"Angopora sp." = Thecia (Angopora)
"Angopora sp." = Thecia (Angopora) Jones 1936 tabulate coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Semicosciniidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae