Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Chortkov Horizon in Podolia (Devonian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.6° N, 25.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° S, 75.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chortkov Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Chortkov Horizon (Zone 10 of Simeiradski, 1906). Plotnick gives age as Lower Lochkovian. Following correlation chart of Gritsenko et al. (1999, PBDB ref. 6695), Upper Lochkovian seems more likely.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow marl

• "BA 1"
• "Fine-grained, yellow, marly limestone ('Korallen-mergel')"

Collection methods: See also PBDB collections 14154, 23346, 23491, and 23493.

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26978: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 11.11.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Brachyprion sp. Shaler 1865
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Retzia sp. King 1850
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis sp. Agassiz 1835
Pteraspidomorphi
  -
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes -
Podolaspis sp. Zych 1931
Larnovaspis sp. Blieck 1984
 Cyathaspidei - Traquairaspidae
"Traquairaspis sp." = Phialaspis
"Traquairaspis sp." = Phialaspis Wills 1935
 Corvaspidiformes - Corvaspididae
Corvaspis sp. Woodward 1934