Where: Yakutiya, Russian Federation (62.9° N, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 9.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kuranakh Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)
• 36 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 79567: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Catenipora ex gr. gothlandica tabulate coral | |
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Mesofavosites fleximurinus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites favosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge |