Lava section, sample 4b (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (59.9° N, 31.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paroistodus proteus conodont zone, Lakity Member (Leetse Formation), Hunneberg (484.5 - 471.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic claystone

• clayey sand with glauconite
• "glauconitic clay and layer rich in organic matter", in Tolmacheva et al. (2001)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. J. Tolmacheva, T. N. Koren, L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, and E. Raevskaya. 2001. The Hunneberg Stage (Ordovician) in the area east of St. Petersburg, north-western Russia. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74(4):543-561 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191292: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 22.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Phyllograptidae
Tetragraptus phyllograptoides Strandmark 1902 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Paracordylodontidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Paroistodus proteus Lindström 1955 conodont