Thecia minor Community, Vrublevtsy subsuite, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.6° N, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Vrublevtsy Subsuite Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Kitaigorodian superhorizon. Vrublevtsy subsuite of the Ternava Suite in the Yaruga series.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous limestone

• "Occurs in muddy, detrital, nodular limestones of open shelf type. The presence of shelly detritus indicates a reasonable level of turbulence. The corarls from free settlements tens of meters from each other. Big,flat polyparies (up to 0.5 m). The community is definitely autochthonous. We assign this comm. to BA 3."
• "muddly, detrital, nodular limestones"

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 23455: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Rhabdopleurella pachyderma
Rhabdopleurella pachyderma
calcareous green algae
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
Stelliporella caespitosa
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites irregularis
Heliolites irregularis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Theciidae
Thecia minor
Thecia minor tabulate coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
"Strophonella euglypha" = Strophoprion euglypha
"Strophonella euglypha" = Strophoprion euglypha Dalman 1828
Tentaculita
 Volynitida - Volynitidae
Podolites diseptanus
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus xestos
Bumastus xestos trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Eophacops sp.
Eophacops sp. Delo 1935 trilobite
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella prolixa
Girvanella prolixa
blue-green algae