Howellella complicata-Tastaria Community, Dzhinsetu-Ula Range: Ludlow, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Tastaria gobica
synonym of Protoleptostrophia
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus angaciensis
original and current combination Rhynchonella (Stegerhynchus)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella complicata
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea minzhini
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis markovskii
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites rectus
Favosites similis
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora meandrica
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 98.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 24.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Ludlow
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tsagan-Bulakian
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Ludlovian. Tsagan-Bulakian sequence.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "...in gray limestone coquina...coralliferous limestone..."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: shallow water, BA 3
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Emphasis of reference is on brachiopods. Other elements occasionally mentioned as well.
Metadata
Database number:41069
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-06 09:46:54 Last modified:2011-08-26 10:49:58
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-06 09:46:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4340. K.H. S. Rozman. 1999. Silurian brachiopod communities of Mongolia. in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds., Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 164-176 [M. Foote/C. Simpson]