Tikhii-Komar Section (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Also known as New Brachiopods, Yakutia, Zagadochninskaya

Where: Sakha, Russian Federation (62.5° N, 135.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 12.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, 4-6 Member (Zagadochninskaya Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• dark gray limestone, 23 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: collection is housed in the Geological Museum of the Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology (GM IGABM), Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences (Yakutsk), no. 188

Primary reference: V. V. Baranov. 2007. New Devonian Brachiopods from Northeastern Russia. Paleontological Journal 41(3):252-259 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82745: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.08.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus expansus Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus varcus Stauffer 1940 conodont
Polygnathus xylus Stauffer 1940 conodont
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae