Omulev Mnt. area,Tirekhtyakh Fm, Mirny Creek section, Unit Q-68, Sample SIB79-41: Hirnantian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Amorphognathus ordovicius Branson and Mehl 1933
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Normalograptidae
Normalograptus aff. medius
Koren and Sobolevskaya 2008
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Neodiplograptidae
Normalograptus extraordinarius (Sobolevskaya 1974)
Koren and Sobolevskaya 2008
recombined as Metabolograptus extraordinarius
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
Koren and Sobolevskaya 2008
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis lucavica
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Eospirigerina putilla (Hall and Clarke 1894)
Koren and Sobolevskaya 2008
recombined as Atrypa putilla
Eospirigerina putilla prisca
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Thebesia admiranda Oradovskaya 1988
Koren and Sobolevskaya 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 64.0° North, 147.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.1° North, 9.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Hirnantian Graptolite zone: Normalograptus extraordinarius
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tirekhtyakh
Local section:Mirny Creek Local bed:Hirnantia
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Late Ashgillian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: calcareous "shale"
Lithology description: bioclastic limestone, with large algal and coral bioherms and thin interbeds of silty carbonaceou shale. The formation includes distinctive brachiopods
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: The Tirekhtyakh Formation is from 255 to 320 m thick locally
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 996
Database number:142466
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Krause, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-04-12 00:02:03 Last modified:2015-08-27 04:15:16
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-07-12 00:02:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46244. S. Zhang and C. R. Barnes. 2007. Late Ordovician to Early Silurian Conodont faunas from the Kolyma Terrane, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia, and their paleobiogeographic affinity. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):490-512 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]

Secondary references:

49297 T. N. Koren and R. F. Sobolevskaya. 2008. The regional stratotype section and point for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost Ordovician) at Mirny Creek, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 57(1):1-10 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]