October Revolution Island [Spokojnaya Fm] (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (79.5° N, 96.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.2° N, 6.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Carbonates. 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 90331: 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.
 Thelodontida - Coelolepidae
Turinia pagei Powrie 1870
Pteraspidomorpha
 Traquairaspidiformes -
  - Cyathaspididae
"Poraspididae indet." = Poraspidinae, Poraspis sp.
"Poraspididae indet." = Poraspidinae Kiaer 1932
Poraspis sp. Kiaer 1932
 Pteraspidiformes -
 Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae
Protopteraspididae indet. Novitskaya 1983
? Gigantaspis sp. Heintz 1962
? Miltaspis sp. Blieck 1981
 Pteraspidiformes - Pteraspididae
Pteraspididae indet. Claypole 1885
 Gnathostomata -
Nikolivia elongata Karatajute-Talimaa 1978