Where: Russian Federation (60.0° N, 32.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 1.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Megistaspis limbata trilobite zone, Frizy Member (Volkhov Formation), Volkhov (471.1 - 469.2 Ma)
• Meterage is negative because 0 meterage in section is at boundary between Jeltiaki member and overlying Frizy member which rests above this sample.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: T. Hansen and A. T. Nielsen. 2003. Upper Arenig trilobite biostratigraphy and sea-level changes at Lynna River near Volkhov, Russia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50:105-114 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157139: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 06.06.2014, edited by Björn Kröger
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Lingulata | |
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828 | |
Craniata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Paralenorthis orbicularis Pander 1830 | |
Productorthis parallela Pander 1830 | |
Paurorthis spp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Neumania sp." = Palaeoneumania, Apomatella ingrica
"Neumania sp." = Palaeoneumania Hansen and Harper 2005
Apomatella ingrica Pahlen 1877 | |
Trilobita | |
Lonchodomas volborthi Schmidt 1894 trilobite | |
Megistaspis acuticauda, "Asaphus lepidurus" = Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus
"Asaphus lepidurus" = Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859 trilobite subgenus Megistaspidella
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Ingriops intermedius Schmidt 1881 trilobite | |
Bornholmaspis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1983 trilobite |