Lynna River section L26A (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (60.0° N, 32.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° S, 1.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Megistaspis limbata trilobite zone, Frizy Member (Volkhov Formation), Volkhov (471.1 - 469.2 Ma)

• Meterage is negative because 0 meterage in section is at boundary between Jeltiaki member and overlying Frizy member which rests above this sample.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Limestone beds are tempestites

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Hansen and A. T. Nielsen. 2003. Upper Arenig trilobite biostratigraphy and sea-level changes at Lynna River near Volkhov, Russia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50:105-114 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157123: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 06.06.2014, edited by Björn Kröger

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas volborthi Schmidt 1894 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Asaphus lepidurus" = Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus
"Asaphus lepidurus" = Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859 trilobite
subgenus Asaphus
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybele bellatula Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Osekaspis sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1947 trilobite
Bornholmaspis sp. Pribyl and Vanek 1983 trilobite
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
"Ingria aff. nefedyevi" = Ingria nefedjevi
"Ingria aff. nefedyevi" = Ingria nefedjevi Eichwald 1855
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Ujukella fastigata Rubel 1961
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Apomatella ingrica Pahlen 1877
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis spp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Ranorthidae
Ranorthis spp. Öpik 1939
Lingulata
 Lingulida -
Linguloidea indet. Menke 1828