Simankovo village (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

Where: St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (59.2° N, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 0.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Microzarkodina flabellum parva conodont zone, Frizy Member (Volkhov Formation), Volkhov (471.1 - 469.2 Ma)

• "Volkhov stage in Microzarkodina flabellum parva zone. PJW: This should be the Friy member of the Volkhov formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Zuykov. 1999. Platystrophia (Orthida, Brachiopoda) from the Arenig and Lowermost Llanvirn of Northwestern Russia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised) 48(4):195-212 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191688: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 09.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae