Articulate Brachiopods of the Grinchuk Beds, Malinovtsy Stage, Podolia: Ludfordian, Ukraine

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus crispus (Lindström 1861)
Strophomena crispa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes striatellus (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella elegans Muir-Wood 1925
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Dayiidae
Dayia navicula (Sowerby 1839)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypella prunum (Dalman 1828)
recombined as Atrypoidea prunum
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
see common names

Geography
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates: 49.0° North, 25.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.6° South, 6.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
Stage:Ludfordian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
*Local age/stage:Malinovtsy
Key time interval:Ludfordian
Age range of interval:425.60000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grinchuk Beds
Stratigraphy comments: From correlation chart in this paper: Correlation is with parts of Leintwardine and Whitcliffe (i.e. lower and upper Ludfordian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology: argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: Lithology based on symbols in illustrated section. Shown are: marls, limestones, and argillaceous limestones.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Articulate brachiopods only.
Metadata
Database number:14145
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-16 11:32:42 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:13:14
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-16 11:32:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6249. O. I. Nikiforova, T. L. Modzalevskaya, and M. G. Bassett. 1985. Review of the Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian articulate brachiopods of Podolia. Special Papers in Palaeontology (34)1-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]