Alekseevka Quarry, Viivikonna Fm. (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (59.4° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° S, 1.0° E)

When: Viivikonna Formation, Kukruse (458.0 - 456.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Zuykov and D. A. T. Harper. 2007. Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:11-34 [S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160531: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Leningradites longispinus2
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Atractopyge sp.2, "Cybelella coronata" = Cybele (Cybelella)2
Atractopyge sp.2 Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
"Cybelella coronata" = Cybele (Cybelella)2 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Paraceraurus cf. aculeatus2, Reraspis plautini2
Paraceraurus cf. aculeatus2 Eichwald 1860 trilobite
Reraspis plautini2 trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
"Achatella (Vironiaspis) kuckersiana" = Achatella kuckersianus2, Estoniops exilis2, Chasmops cf. odini2, Chasmops odini2
"Achatella (Vironiaspis) kuckersiana" = Achatella kuckersianus2 Schmidt 1881 trilobite
Estoniops exilis2 Eichwald 1858 trilobite
Chasmops cf. odini2 Eichwald 1860 trilobite
Chasmops odini2 Eichwald 1860 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Pharostoma nieszkowskii2
Pharostoma nieszkowskii2 Schmidt 1894 trilobite
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Harpidella (Harpidella) planifrons2
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella)2, Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sp.2
"Basiliella sp." = Basilicus (Basiliella)2 Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sp.2 Jaanusson 1953 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides nanus2
Remopleurides nanus2 trilobite
Remopleurides nanus elongatus
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas rostratus2
Lonchodomas rostratus2 Sars 1835 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus crassicauda2
Illaenus crassicauda2 Wahlenberg 1826 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia baltica
Platystrophia baltica Zuykov and Harper 2007
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Clitambonites squamatus1
1Alikhova 1953; 2Dolgov and Meidla 2011