Where: Russian Federation (79.5° N, 96.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° N, 4.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Vstrechnaya Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Vstrechnaya Fm, which regionally overlies the Al'banov Fm, and is overlain by the Vatutin Fm. AGE: Eifelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List probably representative of formation in the local area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
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 90332: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pteraspidomorphi | |
Pteraspidomorpha | |
Psammosteidae indet. Traquair 1896
Psammosteus sp. Agassiz 1844
cf. Pycnosteus sp. Preobrajenski 1911 | |
Protopteraspididae "indet 2" Novitskaya 1983 | |
Psammolepis sp. Agassiz 1843 | |
Tartuosteus sp. Obruchev 1961 |