Middle Siyak Beds of Siyak River Section (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Bashkir, Russian Federation (53.1° N, 57.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Siyak Beds Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, gray limestone

• "...lower part comprises grey, thick-stratified, microcrystalline limestones similar to lsts in Lower Siyak and grades upward to light grey, massive, locally organogenous limestones..."

Primary reference: A. P. Tyazheva and R. A. Zhavoronkova. 1977. Southern Urals. in A. Martinsson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbart'sche, Stuttgart. 203-210 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13942: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• "More than 70 species of brachiopods and corals are found. The most characteristic are listed..."
unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"Atrypopsis thetis" = Septatrypa
"Atrypopsis thetis" = Septatrypa
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
"? Yunnanellina tabuskaensis" = Yunnanella
"? Yunnanellina tabuskaensis" = Yunnanella
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Glossinotoechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia biloba Linnaeus 1758
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites admirabilis tabulate coral
Favosites intricatus Pocta 1902 tabulate coral