Protathyris praecursor Community, Novaya Zemlya region (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (71.0° N, 58.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 0.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Occurs in Kamenka Bay Horizon in southern Novaya Zemlya, and Seversale Beds of Dolgi Island.

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal wackestone and gray, calcareous shale

• "Deposition took place in a BA 2, quiet water, shallow open sea, sublittoral environment."
• "Occurs in well-bedded limestones (wackestones), which are associated wiht dark-gray, calcareous shale."

Primary reference: L. V. Nekhorosheva and D. K. Patrunov. 1999. The chief Wenlockian-Lochkovian benthic communities of the Vaigach to southern Novaya Zemlya region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 488-495 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23648: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Tiverinidae
Tiverina sp. Sokolov and Tesakov 1968 chaetetid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina costatula
subsp. montana
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893