Brooksina Community, Early Ludlow, Serga River, W. slope of Urals (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3736

Where: Russian Federation (56.0° N, 59.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 12.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Brooksina striata-B. alaskensis turkestanica zone, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal reef rocks

• Shells unsorted...Rough water, BA 3
• "Occurs in massive, crinoidal, light-colored, commonly brecciated, reefal limestone."

Collection methods: Table 41.1 gives abundances.

Primary reference: V. P. Sapelnikov, O. V. Bogoyavlenskaya, L. I. Mizens and V. P. Shuysky. 1999. Silurian and Early Devonian benthic communities of the Ural-Tien Shan region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 510-544 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23763: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula optata
species name in quotes
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
 Pentamerida - Subrianidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
"Proreticularia carens" = Alaskospira
"Proreticularia carens" = Alaskospira
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818
 Athyridida - Meristidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Lissatrypella ex gr. kuschvensis" = Atrypoidea (Lissatrypella)
Atrypoidea linguata von Buch 1834
subsp. operosa and forma columbella
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
? Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -