Where: Ukraine (49.0° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 6.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Varnytsya Member (Skala Formation), Ludfordian to Ludfordian (425.6 - 419.2 Ma)

• From correlation chart in this paper; PJW: Was Rashkov Beds, but Skompski, Luczyjski, Drygant & Kozlowski (2008: Facies 54:277–296) make it the Varnytsya member of the Skala formation. More recent papers raise Varnytsya to formation status. Skompski et al. note that the Ludford-Pridoli boundary is approximately 20 m above the base (appx. 40 m below top) of member/formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. I. Nikiforova, T. L. Modzalevskaya, and M. G. Bassett. 1985. Review of the Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian articulate brachiopods of Podolia. Special Papers in Palaeontology (34)1-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14147: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.05.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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