October Revolution Island [Pod'emnaya Fm] (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (79.5° N, 96.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° N, 8.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pod''emnaya Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pod'emnaya Fm, which regionally overlies the Severnaya Zemiya Fm, and is overlain by the Spokojnaya Fm. AGE: Early Lochkovian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List probably representative of formation in the local area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marlstones with interbedded limestones. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Karatajute-Talimaa & Mark-Kurik (1978-1979), Blieck (1997, 2002) REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: A. R. M. Blieck, V. N. Karatajute-Talimaa, and E. Mark-Kurik. 2002. Upper Silurian and Devonian heterostracan pteraspidomorphs (Vertebrata) from Severnaya Zemlya (Russia): a preliminary report with biogeographical and biostratigraphical implications. Geodiversitas 24(4):805-820 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90330: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for heterostracan pteraspidomorphs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications.
 Gnathostomata -
Boreania minima Karatajute-Talimaa 1985
Nikolivia aligera Karatajute-Talimaa 1978
Nikolivia elongata Karatajute-Talimaa 1978
Canonia sp. Vieth 1980
Pteraspidomorpha
 Heterostraci -
 Lepidaspidiformes - Lepidaspididae
? Lepidaspis sp. Dineley and Loeffler 1976
 Pteraspidiformes -
 Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae
? Protopteraspis sp. Leriche 1924
 Pteraspidiformes -
? Unarkaspis sp. Elliott 1983
 Pteraspidiformes - Pteraspididae
Pteraspididae indet. Claypole 1885
 Cyathaspida -
 Cyathaspidei - Traquairaspidae
Phialaspis sp. Wills 1935
? Phialaspis sp. Wills 1935
 Poraspidei - Ctenaspidae
 Poraspidei - Anglaspidae
 Amphiaspidiformes -
Amphiaspidiformes indet. Novitskaya 2008
? Amphiaspidiformes indet. Novitskaya 2008
? Putoranaspis sp. Obruchev 1964
  - Cyathaspididae
"Poraspididae indet." = Poraspidinae Kiaer 1932
? Poraspis sp. Kiaer 1932
Poraspis sp. Kiaer 1932
 Traquairaspidiformes -
 Corvaspidiformes - Corvaspididae
Corvaspididae indet. Dineley 1953
? Corvaspididae indet. Dineley 1953
Pteraspidomorphi
 Pteraspidomorphes -
 Thelodontida - Coelolepidae
Turinia "sp. 1" Traquair 1896
Turinia pagei Powrie 1870
Turinia polita Karatajute-Talimaa 1978