Nalivkinia vornensis Community, Wenlockian, C. Urals (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (56.0° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 13.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

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

• "... articulated shells. BA 2, in low energy, soft bottom environment."
• "Occurs in gray, bedded limestones, occurring with quartzose sandstones, some of which are arkosic, as coquinas of articulated shells."

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 24760: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.08.2002

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Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Nalivkinia vornensis