Sinelnikov Horizon (Zlichovian part), starved trough facies, SW Novaya Zemlya: Early/Lower Emsian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita - Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Viriatellina pseudogeinitziana
Nowakia barrandei
Nowakia zlichovensis
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae
Erbenoceras informal sp. A Bogoslovsky 1962
Erbenoceras informal sp. B Bogoslovsky 1962
Anetoceras sp. Schindewolf 1934
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Teichertoceras sp. Foerste 1933
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Polygnathus gronbergi
Polygnathus dehiscens
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Arkhangel'skaya Oblast'
Coordinates: 72.0° North, 52.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Emsian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 398.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sinelnikov Horizon
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: dehiscens and gronbergi conodont zones
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: Lithologies read off of stratigraphic chart (fig. 2): dolomitized limestone; shale interbeds; calcarenite; layered limestones, bioherms, and reefs. This time interval is represented by both carbonate platform and sediment-starved trough facies. Authors do not distinguish which lithologies are present in which facies.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Sediment-starved trough.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Faunal list from Fig. 3
Metadata
Database number:40704
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-28 08:29:25 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-28 08:29:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10959. S. V. Cherkesova. 1988. Lower and Middle Devonian marine deposits of the Soviet arctic and the correlation with arctic Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 669-679 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]