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

Also known as Reef 3836

Where: Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (59.6° N, 60.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karpinsk Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• Leviconchidiella vagranica-Kaplicona conifera-Favosites regularissimus zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• massive reefal limestones, 180-210 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 81802: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Pachydomellidae
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana
"Atrypa devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921
subsp. descrescens
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites gregalis tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Gracilopora infirma tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Caliapora cf. elegans tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon stolonatus stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Stellopora magna stromatoporoid sponge
Stellopora barba stromatoporoid sponge
Stellopora fragilis stromatoporoid sponge