Salopina lunata Community, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.0° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)

• Konovka "suite" and lower part of Tsviklevtsy "suite" in the Malinovtsy "series" (upper part of Tiritian "superhorizon" and lower part of Ulichian "superhorizon").

Environment/lithology: marl and argillaceous limestone

• "High percentage of ariticulated specimens suggestgs quiet water for this BA 2 unit, consistent with lithofacies relations. A lower littoral or upper sublittoral position is indicated."
• "...massive marls and argillaceous limestones..."

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Abundances given for brachiopods.

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 23375: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina zieglier tenuirama
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
"Stegorhynchella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus
"Stegorhynchella diodonta" = Stegerhynchus
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sowerbyi
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Septatrypa linguata
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis crassa
Isorthis crassa Lindström 1861
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Homoeospira baylei
Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Glassina pentagona
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Janius pyramidalis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes ludloviensis
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Morinorhynchus crispus
Morinorhynchus crispus Lindström 1861
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene spectabilis, Papillicalymene cf. papillata
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus macrourus
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Eophacops sp.
Eophacops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus cf. verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus
"Proetus cf. verrucosus" = Gerastos verrucosus Lindström 1885 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
"Beyrichia grogarniana" = Beyrichia, "Beyrichia globifera" = Beyrichia, "Neobeyrichia nutans" = Beyrichia
"Beyrichia grogarniana" = Beyrichia ostracod
"Beyrichia globifera" = Beyrichia ostracod
"Neobeyrichia nutans" = Beyrichia ostracod
Conodonta
  -
Spathognathodus podolicus
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora vestita
Syringopora vestita tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Mesofavosites multiporus, Favosites cf. effusus
Mesofavosites multiporus Sokolov 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites cf. effusus tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites decipiens
Heliolites decipiens tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella intricatus
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma malvernense
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Pilophyllum weissermeli
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum truncatum
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Densastroma astrites
Densastroma astrites stromatoporoid sponge
 Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae
Lophiostroma schmidti
Lophiostroma schmidti stromatoporoid sponge
Protozoa
  -
Euconochitina latifrons, Gotlandochitina ornata, Gotlandochitina spinellosa