Megalomus gothlandicus Community, Vaigach Island (Silurian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (70.5° N, 59.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° N, 0.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• "Silurian, mainly Wenlockian."

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, black, argillaceous, sandy limestone

• "Quiet water, level bottom communities that probably formed in some tens of meters water depth."
• "Occurs as commonly black, argillaceous, shelly limestone, which is uncommonly sandy (quartz). Banks are 0.1 to 3 m thick and a few to tens of m long. [Shells packed together parallel to substrate], with cement (argillaceous matrix) making up 40-50% of the rock."

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 24776: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.08.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda sp.
Gastropoda sp. Cuvier 1795 snail
genus name in quotes
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalomoidea gothlandicus
Megalomoidea gothlandicus clam
Name given as Megalomus, but authors state that Megalomoidea is a senior synonym.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum sp.
Kodonophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral