Morzhovaya Bay Horizon, platform facies, SW Novaya Zemlya (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Arkhangel'skaya Oblast', Russian Federation (72.0° N, 52.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.5° N, 2.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Morzhovaya Bay Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic limestone and dolomite

• Shallow-water carbonate platform.
• Lithologies read off of stratigraphic chart (fig. 2): dolomite, dolomitic limestone, algal biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Faunal list from Fig. 3

Primary reference: S. V. Cherkesova. 1988. Lower and Middle Devonian marine deposits of the Soviet arctic and the correlation with arctic Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 669-679 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40698: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.06.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma (Stortophyllum) tenerum, "Rhabdacanthia concavatabulata" = Aphyllum
"Rhabdacanthia concavatabulata" = Aphyllum horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Pseudomicroplasma salairica, "Nardophyllum clarum" = Lythophyllum
"Nardophyllum clarum" = Lythophyllum horn coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitella ramiferus tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora arctata tabulate coral
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Tentaculita
 Homoctenida - Paranowakiidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida -
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
""Howellella" pauciplicata" = Spirinella pauciplicata
""Howellella" pauciplicata" = Spirinella pauciplicata Waite 1956
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Carinatinella solovjiekhaensis" = Desquamatia
"Carinatinella solovjiekhaensis" = Desquamatia
 Rhynchonellida - Plectorhynchellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Ladogiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Hollinidae
 Palaeocopida - Graviidae
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitellinidae
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
 Palaeocopida -
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae