Lynna River section L29B (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

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 (471.8 - 468.1 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

• Limestone beds are tempestites

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 157141: 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
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Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Megistaspis acuticauda Angelin 1854 trilobite
subgenus Megistaspidella
"Asaphus lepidurus" = Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859 trilobite
subgenus Asaphus
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas volborthi Schmidt 1894 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Ingriops intermedius Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Cyrtometopus clavifrons Dalman 1827 trilobite
? Laneites ingrica Schmidt 1881 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybele bellatula Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Panderiidae
Panderia sp. Volborth 1863 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Metopolichas sp. Gürich 1901 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida -
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828
 Siphonotretida - Siphonotretidae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Apomatella ingrica Pahlen 1877
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites planus Pander 1830
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis spp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Productorthidae