Protathyris praecursor Community, Novaya Zemlya region: Lochkovian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Peleksygnathus fedotovi
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina costatula
subsp. montana
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella angustiplicata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Protathyris praecursor
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Lenatoechia kuliki
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Aisenvergiidae
Eridotrypa sp. Ulrich 1893
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites kozkowskii
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Tiverinidae
Tiverina sp. Sokolov and Tesakov 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 71.0° North, 58.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.0° North, 0.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Lochkovian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Lochkovian
Key time interval:Lochkovian
Age range of interval:419.20000 - 410.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Occurs in Kamenka Bay Horizon in southern Novaya Zemlya, and Seversale Beds of Dolgi Island.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal wackestone
Secondary lithology:gray calcareous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Occurs in well-bedded limestones (wackestones), which are associated wiht dark-gray, calcareous shale."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "Deposition took place in a BA 2, quiet water, shallow open sea, sublittoral environment."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:23648
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-18 09:20:28 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-18 09:20:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6713. L. V. Nekhorosheva and D. K. Patrunov. 1999. The chief Wenlockian-Lochkovian benthic communities of the Vaigach to southern Novaya Zemlya region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 488-495 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]