Quarries near Horodnytsia, Ustechko Member, Old Red Formation: Lochkovian, Ukraine
collected by Victor Voichyshyn 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes
Podolaspis sp. Zych 1931
Larnovaspis sp. Blieck 1984
Petromyzontida - Cephalaspidiformes - Zenaspididae
Zenaspis dzieduszyckii n. gen., n. sp. Voichyshyn 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 25.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° South, 75.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
Stage: Lochkovian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 1
Key time interval: Lochkovian
Age range of interval: 419.2 - 410.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dniester Formation:Old Red Member:Ustechko
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower part of the Old Red Formation (Dniester Series, most probably its Ustechko Member)" The formation ranges Lochkovian through Eifelian, but coding as Lochkovian given lower part of formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,"cross stratification",fine,red lithified argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "multi−coloured, mainly red, fine−grained cross−bedding massive quartz sandstones and siltstones with seams of argillites"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "terrigenous"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Victor Voichyshyn Collection dates:1992
Metadata
Database number:236556
Authorizer:P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall
Created:2024-10-10 14:55:41 Last modified:2024-10-10 15:01:43
Access level:the public Released:2024-10-10 14:55:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
89598. V. Voichyshyn. 2006. New osteostracans from the Lower Devonian terrigenous deposits of Podolia, Ukraine. Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1):131-142 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]