Volkhov river (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (59.9° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 1.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Obukhovo Formation, Kunda (469.2 - 464.3 Ma)

• "B III', in Rubel (1961). PJW: This should be Obukhova formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. N. Alikhova. 1953. Rukovodyashchaya fauna brakhiopod ordovikskikh otlozhenij severo-sapadnoy chasti russkoj platformy. Trudy Vsesoyusnogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Geologicheskogo Instituta (VSEBEI) Ministerstva Geologichestii i Okhrany NEDR 1-127 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174007: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 23.10.2015, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthis calligramma" = Orthambonites calligramme
"Orthis calligramma" = Orthambonites calligramme Dalman 1828
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella pterygoidea2 Pander 1830
 Orthida - Lycophoriidae
Lycophoria nucella Dalman 1828
 Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae
"Chirocrinus radiatus n. sp." = Cheirocystis radiatus1
"Chirocrinus radiatus n. sp." = Cheirocystis radiatus1 Jaekel 1899