Proetus cf. obconicus Community, Konovka Suite, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.5° N, 26.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Konovka Suite Formation, Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• Konovka "suite" of the Malinovtsy "series". See correlation chart, fig. 38.1.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale and shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone

• "interpreted as a shallow bar, closed shelf, outer part of a lagoon. Disarticulated nature of trilobites [and brachiopods] indicates normal turbulence. Brachiopods are dominant in the marls, whereas stromatoporoids and corals dominate in the limestones. A BA 2, photic zone unit [biota also includes algae]."
• "Occurs in calcareous shale and biohermal, coral-algal limestone, plus polydetrital, slightly argillaceous limestone."

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 23354: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Life -
"Wetheredella sibirica" = Allonema
"Wetheredella sibirica" = Allonema
algae
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma astrites stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Lophiostroma schmidti stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites decipiens tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites multiporus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
sp. 3
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Papillicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
sp. 1
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
sp. 2
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Opsypharus sp. Howells 1982 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus cf. obconicus" = Plesiowensus obconicus, "Proetus cf. verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus, Proetus sp., Proetus cf. conspersus
"Proetus cf. obconicus" = Plesiowensus obconicus Lindstrom 1885 trilobite
"Proetus cf. verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus Lindström 1885 trilobite
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
Proetus cf. conspersus Angelin 1855 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
"Beyrichia grogarninana" = Beyrichia, "Beyrichia globifera" = Beyrichia, "Neobeyrichia expansa" = Beyrichia
"Beyrichia grogarninana" = Beyrichia ostracod
"Beyrichia globifera" = Beyrichia ostracod
"Neobeyrichia expansa" = Beyrichia ostracod
subsp. insulcata
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus crispus Lindström 1861
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Leiopectinidae