Levigatella praebiplicata Community, Early Lochkovian, Tien Shan (Devonian of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (40.0° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 74.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• "...earliest stages of reef formation, in relatively quiet, BA 3, coastal environments, which is consistent with the higher percentage of articulated shells."
• "Occurs in dark, thin-bedded, commonly crinoidal limestone, with some lenses of light colored limestone containing small, coral-stromatoporoid bioherms."

Primary reference: V. P. Sapelnikov, O. V. Bogoyavlenskaya, L. I. Mizens and V. P. Shuysky. 1999. Silurian and Early Devonian benthic communities of the Ural-Tien Shan region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 510-544 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24739: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma sp.
Parallelostroma sp. Nestor 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
? Stromatopora sp.
? Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Intexodictyon sp.
Intexodictyon sp. Yavorsky 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp., Favosites sp., Emmonsiella sp., Squameofavosites sp.
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Emmonsiella sp. Kim 1971 tabulate coral
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
"Pholidophyllum sp." = Tryplasma
"Pholidophyllum sp." = Tryplasma Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Pseudomicroplasma sp.
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Spongophyllum sp.
Spongophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Neomphyma sp.
Neomphyma sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Barrandeophyllum sp.
Barrandeophyllum sp. Pocta 1902 horn coral
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
Pseudopetraia sp.
Pseudopetraia sp. Soshkina 1951
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia grata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina costatula
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Spirigerina supramarginalis
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Levigatella praebiplicata, Levigatella incipiens, Levigatella olga, Gypidula galjanensis, Gypidula optata, Gypidula problematica, Gypidula isfarensis
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer iorensis, Eospirifer togatus
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Protathyris praecursor
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Hebetoechia vagranica, Lanceomyonia borealiformis
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
Decoropugnax linguata