Atrypoidea globa-Collarothyris canaliculata lata Comm., Late Pridolian, C. Urals (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (55.0° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 13.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

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

• "...occur chiefly as articulated specimens which suggests relatively quiet water conditions on a soft bottom. BA 2."
• "Coquinoid accumulations...Occurs in gray, bedded, commonly nodular limestones, with interbedded marl...A. globa predominates in pure limetones, C. canaliculata in argillaceous limestones..."

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 24746: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina sp. Coryell 1928 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
 Stauriida - Halliidae
Lamprophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral