Vizhay River, Northern Urals, Vizhay Horizon (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3832

Where: Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (61.3° N, 60.2° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vizhay Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Lower Pragian, Neospirigerina ossa-Losvia operosa superzone, Ivdelinia lahuseni-Punctspinatrypa rejensis zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• massive reefal limestones, 500 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Breyvel, M. G. Breyvel, G. G. Zenkova, V. S. Militsina, M. V. Shurygina and F. E. Yanet. 1977. Stratigrafiya [Stratigraphy]. in T. A. Gorokhova, ed., Biostratigrafiya i fauna rannego Devona vostochnogo sklona Urala [Biostratigraphy and fauna of the Lower Devonian from the Eastern Urals] 12-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81793: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites fedotovi tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Gracilopora mitis tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
 Atrypida - Carinatinidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Harpes venulosus" = Lioharpes venulosus
"Harpes venulosus" = Lioharpes venulosus Whittington 1950 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Weberopeltis sp. Maksimova 1957 trilobite