Where: Ukraine (48.9° N, 26.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.4° S, 7.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Varnitsa Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• Middle part of Varnitsa "suite", Rukshin "series" (Skalian "superhorizon"). See fig. 38.1 for correlation chart.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone and marl
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 23359: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Trilobita | |
Calymene scalensis trilobite | |
Proetus aff. signatus, Proetus scalicus, Proetus cf. kuressaarensis, "Proetus cf. pulcher" = Pulcherproetus pulcher
Proetus aff. signatus Lindström 1885 trilobite
Proetus scalicus Balashova 1968 trilobite
Proetus cf. kuressaarensis Männil 1981 trilobite
"Proetus cf. pulcher" = Pulcherproetus pulcher Nieszkowski 1857 trilobite | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherellina magna ostracod | |
"Tollita podolica" = Tollitia
"Tollita podolica" = Tollitia ostracod | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Didymothyris didyma Dalman 1828 | |
Strophomenata | |
Anthozoa | |
Favosites forbesi tabulate coral
Favosites eichwaldi tabulate coral | |
Riphaeolites prostratus tabulate coral | |
Syringopora unica tabulate coral | |
Tryplasma formosa horn coral | |
Holmophyllum holmi horn coral | |
"Expressophyllum krikovense" = Micula
"Expressophyllum krikovense" = Micula Rugose coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Amphipora sokolovi stromatoporoid sponge |