Quarries near Horodnytsia, Ustechko Member, Old Red Formation (Devonian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.7° N, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° S, 75.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ustechko Member (Old Red Formation), Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• "Lower part of the Old Red Formation (Dniester Series, most probably its Ustechko Member)" The formation ranges Lochkovian through Eifelian, but coding as Lochkovian given lower part of formation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, massive, fine-grained, red, argillaceous sandstone and siltstone

• "terrigenous"
• "multi−coloured, mainly red, fine−grained cross−bedding massive quartz sandstones and siltstones with seams of argillites"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Victor Voichyshyn in 1992

Primary reference: V. Voichyshyn. 2006. New osteostracans from the Lower Devonian terrigenous deposits of Podolia, Ukraine. Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1):131-142more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236556: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 10.10.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes -
Larnovaspis sp., Podolaspis sp.
Larnovaspis sp. Blieck 1984
Podolaspis sp. Zych 1931
Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidiformes - Zenaspididae
Zenaspis dzieduszyckii n. gen. n. sp.
Zenaspis dzieduszyckii n. gen. n. sp. Voichyshyn 2006