PBDB Collection

Kyzyl-Dzhar-Chokusu (Silurian of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (49.1° N, 88.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chokusu Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

• limestone lenses, sandstones and marly deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Novactis sp. Novactis sp.
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Constellariidae	Constellaria serotina Constellaria serotina
Cystoporata - Ceramoporidae	Ceramopora megapora, Favositella jucunda, Favositella ordinata, Spatiopora tuberosa Ceramopora megapora Favositella jucunda Favositella ordinata Spatiopora tuberosa
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora catena, Fistulipora tuberculosiformis, Fistulipora paucicellata Fistulipora catena Fistulipora tuberculosiformis Fistulipora paucicellata
Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae	Monotrypa maximaeformis, Monotrypa inconstans Monotrypa maximaeformis Monotrypa inconstans
Trepostomida - Atactotoechidae	Cyphotrypa corrugatiformis, Atactotoechus amplus, Atactotoechus siluricus Cyphotrypa corrugatiformis Atactotoechus amplus Atactotoechus siluricus
Trepostomata - Halloporidae	Hallopora elegantuliformis Hallopora elegantuliformis
Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae	Heterotrypa cf. incrustans, Stigmatella plastica, Leptotrypa rara, "Lioclema emarginatum" = Leioclema, "Lioclema gloria" = Leioclema, "Lioclema subramosum" = Leioclema, "Lioclema amplexum" = Leioclema Heterotrypa cf. incrustans Stigmatella plastica Leptotrypa rara "Lioclema emarginatum" = Leioclema "Lioclema gloria" = Leioclema "Lioclema subramosum" = Leioclema "Lioclema amplexum" = Leioclema
Brachiopoda
-	Brachiopoda indet. Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa
Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae	Tryplasma aequabile, "Pholidophyllum loveni" = Tryplasma Tryplasma aequabile Lonsdale 1845 horn coral "Pholidophyllum loveni" = Tryplasma horn coral
Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae	"Cystiphyllum omphymiforme" = Cystiphyllum, "Coronoruga idonea" = Cystiphyllum "Cystiphyllum omphymiforme" = Cystiphyllum horn coral "Coronoruga idonea" = Cystiphyllum horn coral
Rugosa - Chonophyllidae	Ketophyllum intermedium Ketophyllum intermedium horn coral
Stauriida - Lykophyllidae	Phaulactis dissimilis Phaulactis dissimilis horn coral
Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae	Chonophyllum cumulatum Chonophyllum cumulatum horn coral
Stauriida - Entelophyllidae	Scyphophyllum vulgare, "Stereoxylodes clarus" = Entelophyllum Scyphophyllum vulgare horn coral "Stereoxylodes clarus" = Entelophyllum horn coral
Stauriida - Calostylidae	Calostylis sp. Calostylis sp. Lindström 1868 horn coral
Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae	Kodonophyllum forte Kodonophyllum forte horn coral
Stauriida - Mucophyllidae	Pseudamplexus quadripartitus Pseudamplexus quadripartitus horn coral
Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae	Kionelasma lanciforme, Briantelasma cincinnatum, Briantelasma kisylense Kionelasma lanciforme horn coral Briantelasma cincinnatum horn coral Briantelasma kisylense horn coral
Tabulata -	Tabulata indet. Tabulata indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora ferganensis, Syringopora fascicularis, Syringopora kolimnensis Syringopora ferganensis tabulate coral Syringopora fascicularis tabulate coral Syringopora kolimnensis tabulate coral
Tabulata -	Heliolitida indet. Heliolitida indet. Frech 1897 tabulate coral
Heliolitida - Halysitidae	Catenipora sp. Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea -	Stromatoporoidea indet. Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge