Lava River: Volkhov, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Antigonambonites planus (Pander 1830)
Gonambonites plana
Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Neumania paucicostata Egerquist 2003
recombined as Palaeoneumania paucicostata
Apomatella ingrica (Pahlen 1877)
Orthisina ingrica
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Ingria nefedyevi (Eichwald 1855)
recombined as Ingria nefedjevi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae
Paurorthis parva (Pander 1830)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae
Productorthis aculeata (Pander 1830)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Nothorthis penetrabilis Rubel 1961
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Ranorthidae
Ranorthis sp. Öpik 1939
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 59.9° North, 31.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° South, 0.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Volkhov Conodont zone: Paroistodus originalis
Age range of interval:469.30000 - 467.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Volkhov Member:Zheltjaki
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Volkhov stage; Paroistodus originalis conodont zone [JA: reassigned to the Dapingian because the triangularis zone is mid-Dapingian]
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified claystone
Lithology description: limestones with soft clay intercalations and varying content of glauconite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:62346
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-19 03:44:09 Last modified:2018-05-15 20:04:06
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-19 03:44:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18022. E. Egerquist. 2003. New brachiopods from the Lower-Middle Ordovician (Billingen-Volkhov stages) of the East Baltic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):31-38 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]