Eurypterus remipes tetragonopthalmus Community, Ustje subsuite, Podolia: Ludlow, Ukraine

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae
Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer 1839)
Plotnick 1999
original and current combination Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
Given by ref. 6695 as Eurypterus remipes subsp. tetragonopthalmus
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839
Plotnick 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates: 48.0° North, 26.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.0° South, 7.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
*Local age/stage:Tiritian
Key time interval:Ludlow
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Muksha subsuite
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Muksha "subsuite", Yaruga "series", Tiritian "superhorizon"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: dolomite
Secondary lithology:desiccation cracks,dolomitic marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "Mainly as fragments, occasionally whole specimens, suggesting moderate turbulence and transport. Stragtigraphically adjacent dolomitic marls have desiccation cracks. BA 1"
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23373
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-12 19:24:18 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-12 19:24:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6695. V. P. Gritsenko, A. A. Istchenko, L. I. Konstantinenko and P. D. Tsegelnjuk. 1999. Animal and plant communities of Podolia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 462-487 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]

Secondary references:

4261 R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]