Warburgella podolica Community, Muksha subsuite, Podolia (Silurian to of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 2403

Where: Ukraine (51.8° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 8.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Muksha Subsuite Formation, Wenlock to Wenlock (433.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• Muksha "subsuite" of the Yaruga "series" of the Tiritian "stage/horizon"

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; shelly/skeletal grainstone and marl

• "Abundant, disarticulated brachiopods and otehr evidences of turbulence are indicative of a turblence environment. Probably a BA 2 community, because it is overlain by dolomite and dolomitic marl of the Ustje subsuite that contains a eurypterid community [which is] commonly assigned to BA 1."
• "Occurs in coarse-grained, organodetrital (crinoidal, brachiopod, trilobite debris) and massive, biohermal limestones with detrital marl interbeds."

Collection methods: Counts are given for trilobites.

Primary reference: V. P. Gritsenko, A. A. Istchenko, L. I. Konstantinenko and P. D. Tsegelnjuk. 1999. Animal and plant communities of Podolia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 462-487 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23353: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Columnastroma typicus, Discochitina diabolo
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Rhegmaphyllum slitensis
 Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Acervularia ananas
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Labechiidae
Labechia conferta
Labechia conferta Lonsdale 1839 stromatoporoid sponge
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rhynchotreta cuneata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea muldensis
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sowerbyi
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Craspedobolbinidae
Craspedobolbina percurrens
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia subornata, Beyrichia hellwiensis
 Palaeocopida -
Garniella jugata
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Warburgella podolica, Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
sp. 1
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp.
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
sp. 1
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite