Didymothyris didyma Community, Ludlovian, C. Urals: Ludlow, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
Parastriatopora commutabillis
Anthozoa - Favositida - Theciidae
Laceripora cribrosa
Thecia swinderniana Goldfuss 1829
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Plexodictyon savaliense
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon mochicanum
Phlebolepidiformes - Katoporididae
Phlebolepis elegans Pander 1856
thelodont
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Didymothyris didyma (Dalman 1828)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Atrypoidea camelina
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Primitiopsidae
Clavofabella modica
Leiocyamus patulus
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida
Bingeria faveolata
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina kubensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 57.0° North, 59.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.7° South, 11.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Ludlow
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 2
Key time interval:Ludlow
Age range of interval:427.40000 - 423.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kuba
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray marl
Secondary lithology:gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Occurs as coquinas, extending laterally for hundreds of meters, in gray and dark-gray, thin to medium-bedded marls, argillites, and argillaceous shales, interlayered with thicker, coarsely nodular llimestones of the Kuba Beds.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "...soft ground, comparatively quiet water unit. Ratio of articulated to disarticulaed specimens commonly more than 2:1. BA 2."
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:List based only on elements stated to be present at type locality.
Metadata
Database number:24772
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-20 06:17:24 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-20 06:17:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6753. V. P. Sapelnikov, O. V. Bogoyavlenskaya, L. I. Mizens and V. P. Shuysky. 1999. Silurian and Early Devonian benthic communities of the Ural-Tien Shan region. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 510-544 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]