Konstantinov Creek Upa Horizon (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

Where: Komi, Russian Federation (65.7° N, 59.7° E: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 14.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Konstantin-El Formation), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Siphonodella duplicata conodont zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black, argillaceous chert and lithified, black, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Alternation of black chert, cherty argillite, and cherty limestone. Thin ash layers in the upper part of the interval.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical,

Primary reference: A. V. Zhuravlev. 2003. Signatures of Mid-Tournaisian biotic event in North Urals. Biulleten Moskovskogo Obsgchestva Ispytateleii Prirody. Otdelenie Geologicheskoe 78(1):26-32 [A. Zhuravlev/A. Zhuravlev/A. Zhuravlev]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46080: authorized by Andrey Zhuravlev, entered by Andrey Zhuravlev on 31.12.2004

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