Baraniy River, Sette Daban Mountains, unit 38 (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)

• 10 m thick, upper Tayakh Suite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• stromatoporoid-coral biostrome

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 79515: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Cystilasma sp." = Cystiphyllum
"Cystilasma sp." = Cystiphyllum Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
Parastriatopora sp. Sokolov 1949 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge