Zimnii Gory (Ediacaran of Russian Federation)

Also known as Zimnie Gory; Winter Mountains

Where: Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation (65.6° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° S, 21.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: White Sea other zone, Yorga Formation, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siltstone

• Siliciclastic rocks belong to the uppermost Ust-Pinega Formation and form the northern flank of the Mezen Basin along the southeast flank of the Baltic Shield.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: D. Grazhdankin. 2014. Patterns of evolution of the Ediacaran soft-bodied biota. Journal of Paleontology 88(2):269-283 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237633: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.12.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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 Triradialomorpha -
Tribrachidium heraldicum
Tribrachidium heraldicum Glaessner 1959
Eumetazoa
 Rangeomorpha -
Rangea schneiderhoehni
 Kimberellomorpha -
Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata Glaessner and Wade 1966
Cephalozoa
  -
Yorgia waggoneri
Yorgia waggoneri Ivantsov 1999
 Arboreomorpha -
Charniodiscus concentricus
 Ichnofossils -
Skolithos sp., Archaeonassa sp., Bergaueria sp.
Skolithos sp. Haldemann 1840
Archaeonassa sp. Fenton and Fenton 1937
Bergaueria sp. Prantl 1946