Where: Belarus (52.0° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Lochkov analog of the Podolian Borstchov stage. In the Tomashovka 11 Borehole the Pridolian-Lochkov boundary is at 491.5 m [i.e. right below this community]. The community described here occurs in the top of the Tomashova Formation and in the Domachevo and Dubits Formations.

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, argillaceous marl and shelly/skeletal grainstone

Collection methods: core

• Abundances given for dominant brachiopods and bryozoans.

Primary reference: V. I. Pushkin and T. L. Modzalevskaya. 1999. Silurian and Lower Devonian brachiopod and bryozoan communities of southwestern Byelorussia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 496-509 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23671: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.07.2002

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