Yam-Tesovo, River Oredezh [Amata beds] (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (58.8° N, 30.0° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° S, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amata Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Lower Frasnian, Amata Regional Stage. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Kuleshov in 2000; reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: M. Yu. Kuleshov (2000). REPOSITORY: Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (PIN)

Primary reference: S. V. Moloshnikov. 2009. Oredezhosteus, a New Psammosteid Genus (Heterostraci, Psammosteiformes) from the Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the Main Devonian Field. Paleontological Journal 43(2):197-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90346: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in manuscript. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Pteraspidomorpha
 Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae
Oredezhosteus kuleshovi n. sp. Moloshnikov 2009