Yamaan Us locality, Zalaa Fm, YU-H: Aeronian, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus unicostatus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
1 specimen
original and current combination Paltodus unicostatus
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Distomodontidae
Distomodus kentuckyensis Branson and Branson 1947
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 99.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 34.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Aeronian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Aeronian Zone: Pranognathus tenuis
Age range of interval:440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zalaa
Local section:Yamaan Us Local bed:0.2 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: early - mid Llandoverian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: green-gray shales with fossiliferous carbonate interbeds and lenses.
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: green-gray shales with fossiliferous carbonate interbeds and lenses.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:182373
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2016-10-25 08:37:14 Last modified:2016-10-25 09:40:39
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-10-25 08:37:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60661. E. M. Danielsen and D. J. Over. 2016. Lower Silurian conodonts from the Shine Jinst region, southwestern Mongolia. Journal of Paleontology 90(1):78-91 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]