Sequence A, Zimnie Gory, White Sea, Russia (Ediacaran of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (65.6° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° S, 21.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: White Sea other zone, Ust-Pinega Formation, Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• Uppermost Ust-Pinega Formation. Sequence A is 10 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siltstone

• Siliciclastic rocks belong to the uppermost Ust-Pinega Formation and form the northern flank of the Mezen Basin along the southeast flank of the Baltic Shield.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Three-dimensional molds of tubular structures and others mentioned but not listed as taxa

Primary reference: M. W. Martin, D. V. Grazhdankin, S. A. Bowring, D. A. D. Evans, M. A. Fedonkin and J. L. Kirschvink. 2000. Age of Neoproterozoic bilatarian body and trace fossils, White Sea, Russia: implications for metazoan evolution. Science 288:841-845 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51904: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only resolved to genus level
 Bilateria -
Dickinsonia sp. Sprigg 1947
 Kimberellomorpha -
Kimberella sp. Glaessner 1959
 Rangeomorpha - Charniidae
Charnia sp. Ford 1958
 Triradialomorpha -
Anfesta sp. Fedonkin 1984
Tribrachidium sp. Glaessner 1959
Hiemalora
  -
Hiemalora sp. Fedonkin 1982
Inaria
  -
Inaria sp. Gehling 1988
Medusae
  -
Irridinitus sp. Fedonkin 1983
Bonata sp. Fedonkin 1980
Aspidella
  -
"Eoporpita sp." = Aspidella, "Cyclomedusa sp." = Aspidella
"Eoporpita sp." = Aspidella Billings 1872
"Cyclomedusa sp." = Aspidella Billings 1872
Nimbia
  -
Ediacaria
  -
Ediacaria sp. Sprigg 1947
Yelovichnus
  -
Yelovichnus sp. Fedonkin 1985
Trace fossil
Palaeopascichnus
  -
Palaeopascichnus sp. Palij 1976
Trace fossil
Beltanelloides
  -
Kaisalia
  -
Kaisalia sp. Fedonkin 1984
Protodipleurosoma
  -
Intrites
  -
Intrites sp. Bekker 1992
Trace fossil