Shovdol Obo Mountains, Baruun-Urt, Eastern Gobi, Sükhbaatar Formation: Ludlow, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum breviaculeatum
Cystiphyllum textile
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Cantrillia gibbosa
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Leptelasma gothlandicum
synonym of Synamplexoides
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pycnostylidae
Zelophyllum subdendroideum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Neobrachyelasma septatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum forte
Circophyllum zheltonogovae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Scyphophyllum vulgare
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites nigeranuensis
Sharkova 1981
Paleofavosites barunurticus n. sp. Sharkova 1981
Sharkova 1981
Favosites altaicus
Sharkova 1981
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Taxopora salairica
Sharkova 1981
synonym of Cladopora
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Tuvaelites hemisphericus
Sharkova 1981
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Hexismia mongolica
Sharkova 1981
Schedohalysites pseudoorthopteroides
Sharkova 1981
Halysites bifidus
Sharkova 1981
Halysites hamadai
Sharkova 1981
Halysites opimus
Sharkova 1981
Halysites nitida (Lambe 1899)
Sharkova 1981
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Syringostromella borealis
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora bekkeri
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon gotlandense
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Plexodictyon ludlovicum
Plexodictyon savaliense
Plexodictyon katriense
Plexodictyon gobiense n. sp. Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Simplexodictyon convictum
Simplexodictyon kyssuniense
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma malinovzyense
Parallelostroma tuberculatum
Parallelostroma ornata
Parallelostroma yavorskyi
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma podolicum
Plectostroma mirificum
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 46.7° North, 113.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° North, 39.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Sükhbaatar
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: small coral-stromatoporoid biostromes, up to 3 m thick
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2414
Database number:79642
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-17 03:52:21 Last modified:2008-03-17 05:52:21
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26709. L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

26777 T. T. Sharkova. 1981. Siluriiskiye i devonskiye tabulyaty Mongolii [Silurian and Devonian Tabulata of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 14:5-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]