Mandal-Obo, Mushgai area: Ludlow, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites bifidus
Sharkova 1981
Catenipora exilis Eichwald 1829
Sharkova 1981
nomen dubium belonging to Halysites
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Tuvaelites hemisphericus
Sharkova 1981
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites kennihoensis
Sharkova 1981
subsp. minus
Favosites subfavosus Klaamann 1962
Sharkova 1981
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816
Sharkova 1981
Mesofavosites regularis
Sharkova 1981
Mesofavosites nigeranuensis
Sharkova 1981
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Spongophylloides unus
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum forte
Circophyllum saricolicum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Kionelasma lanciforme
Neobrachyelasma septatum
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Paliphyllidae
Neopaliphyllum soshkinae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Endophyllum mandalense
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Holacanthia robusta
synonym of Aphyllum
Holacanthia suetenkoae
synonym of Aphyllum
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 104.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 30.5° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: tabulate coral bioherms, 10-15 m thick, 10-30 m wide
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 2415
Database number:79685
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-18 02:36:57 Last modified:2008-03-18 04:36:57
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]