Eurypterids of the Kitaigorod Formation in Podolia: Wenlock, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Eurypterida
- Eurypteridae
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Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus
(Fischer 1839)
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| original and current combination Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus | ||||||||||
| Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 49.0° North, 29.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.5° South, 8.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | *Local age/stage: | Kitaigorod |
| Key time interval: | Wenlock | ||
| Age range of interval: | 433.40000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kitaigorod |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: "limestone and calcareous shale" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "Environment: no data" | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Author says that not other biota are associated with eurypterids. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 26932 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Foote | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-11-08 14:17:42 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 14:01:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-08 14:17:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |