Tota River, Middle Urals, Vizhay Horizon (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3834

Where: Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (59.6° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 12.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vizhay Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Lower Pragian, Neospirigerina ossa-Losvia operosa superzone, Ivdelinia lahuseni-Punctspinatrypa rejensis zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• massive reefal limestones, 50 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Breyvel, M. G. Breyvel, G. G. Zenkova, V. S. Militsina, M. V. Shurygina and F. E. Yanet. 1977. Stratigrafiya [Stratigraphy]. in T. A. Gorokhova, ed., Biostratigrafiya i fauna rannego Devona vostochnogo sklona Urala [Biostratigraphy and fauna of the Lower Devonian from the Eastern Urals] 12-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81796: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Crinoidea
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 Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Spiriferida - Theodossiidae
 Atrypida - Punctatrypidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Atrypida - Carinatinidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Ostracoda
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
 Platycopida - Miltonellidae
Libumella ovata ostracod
subsp. exilicostata
Libumella levis ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Bairdiocypris sp. Kegel 1932 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella malobatschatskiensis ostracod
subsp. uralensis
 Podocopida -
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora plumosa tabulate coral
Gracilopora cf. mala tabulate coral
 Favositida - Cleistoporidae
Riphaeolites horridus tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Rudakites multiformis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma immemoratum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora cf. orbiscula stromatoporoid sponge