Tabuska, Middle Urals (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3129

Where: Chelyabinskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (56.1° N, 59.4° E: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kulamat Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Upper Lochkovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• massive reefal "algal"-bryozoan limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. P. Sapelnikov, M. P. Snigireva, A. Z. Bikbayev and L. I. Mizens. 1995. Zonal subdivision of Early-Middle Devonian reef deposits of the Urals based on conodonts and brachiopods. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 182:399-419 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81662: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
"Candispirifer candidus" = Quasimartinia
"Candispirifer candidus" = Quasimartinia
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
 Atrypida - Carinatinidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Tenuiatrypa tabuskaensis" = Desquamatia
"Tenuiatrypa tabuskaensis" = Desquamatia
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae