October Revolution Island [Severnaya Zemlya Fm] (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (79.5° N, 96.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° N, 8.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Severnaya Zemlya Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Severnaya Zemlya Fm, which regionally overlies the Krasnaya Bukhta Fm, and is overlain by the Pod'emnaya Fm. AGE: Lower Lochkovian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List probably representative of formation in the local area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Mostly siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Karatajute-Talimaa & Mark-Kurik (1978-1979), Blieck (1997, 2002) REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: A. R. M. Blieck, V. N. Karatajute-Talimaa, and E. Mark-Kurik. 2002. Upper Silurian and Devonian heterostracan pteraspidomorphs (Vertebrata) from Severnaya Zemlya (Russia): a preliminary report with biogeographical and biostratigraphical implications. Geodiversitas 24(4):805-820 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90329: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for heterostracan pteraspidomorphs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
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Pteraspidomorpha
 Corvaspidiformes - Corvaspididae
Corvaspididae indet., ? Corvaspididae indet.
Corvaspididae indet. Dineley 1953
? Corvaspididae indet. Dineley 1953
 Tesseraspidiformes - Tesseraspididae
Tesseraspis sp., Tesseraspis mosaica
Tesseraspis sp. Wills 1936
Tesseraspis mosaica Karatajuta-Talimaa 1983
Pteraspidomorphi
 Pteraspidomorphes -
Corveolepis elgae