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: Khandyg Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)
• 44 m thick, upper 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 79572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral | |
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral |