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)
• 112 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 79569: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Paleofavosites schmidti, Paleofavosites forbesiformis, Favosites sulcatus, Favosites cf. hirsutus, Mesofavosites sp.
Paleofavosites schmidti tabulate coral
Paleofavosites forbesiformis tabulate coral
Favosites sulcatus tabulate coral
Favosites cf. hirsutus tabulate coral
Mesofavosites sp. Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral |