Izyly River, coral biostrome (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3881

Where: Novosibirskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (55.1° N, 84.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.0° N, 31.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vassino Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. N. Belskaya. 1975. Organogennyye postroyki v devone Sayano-Altayskoy gornoy oblasti [Organic structures in the Devonian of the Altai-Sayan mountainous regions]. In G. F. Krasheninnikov (ed.), Litologiya i paleogeografiya biogermnykh massivov (iskopayemykh i sovremennykh) [Lithology and paleogeography of bioherm massifs] 100-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84372: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Pachyphyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral