Entelophyll.polymorphum-Nordastraea coronifera Comm.,W.Khatanzeya Fm.,Nov.Zemlya (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 1686

Where: Russian Federation (71.0° N, 58.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: West Khatanzeya Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Upper part of West Khatanzeya Formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone and grainstone

• "...rugosan biostromes built chiefly of E. polymorphum and N. coronifera. As a rule the fossils occur in life position, partly as local disturbed assemblages accumulated on the carbonate sediments, in association with other rapidly varying life assemblages. This is a BA 3 moderate diversity community. All the fossils occur within the same patches in the mosaic. It should be noted here that the Didymothyris Community and ostracode communities occur mainly at the edges of rugosan biostromes and are also found as discrete patches between biostromes."
• "Occurs in finely laminated and lenticular-laminated wackestones and grainstones, with small rugosan biostromes..."

Primary reference: L. V. Nekhorosheva and D. K. Patrunov. 1999. The chief Wenlockian-Lochkovian benthic communities of the Vaigach to southern Novaya Zemlya region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 488-495 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23637: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Plexodictyon sp. Nestor 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Didymothyris sp. Rubel and Modzalevskaya 1967
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Isochilinidae
Kiaeria sp. Glebowskaja 1949 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Osteichthyes
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Andreolepis hedei Gross 1968 bony fish
microvertebrate