Tuvaechonetes Community, Baital Formation, W. Tuva: Ludlow - Pridoli, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Plicostropheodonta asiatica
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Tuvaechonetes insolitus
Leptostrophia filosa (Sowerby 1839)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hedeinopsidae
Tannuspirifer pedaschenkoi
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis markovskii
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Tuvaella gigantea
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Pseudocamarotoechia ubsuensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegorhynchella angaciensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 92.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 9.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow - Pridoli
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Ludlow - Pridoli
Age range of interval: 427.4 - 419.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baital Member:Pichishui
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Ludlovian-Pridolian; Baital Formation, Pichi-Shui beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Occurs as mostly disarticulated specimens...in greenish-gray, calcareous siltstone.."
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "BA 2 'Chonetid Community' in Boucot's (1975) sense. Lithology suggests quiet conditions of only normal current activity consistent with largely disarticulated condition of most shells."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24782
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-20 08:32:56 Last modified:2018-07-20 17:28:10
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-20 08:32:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6945. E. V. Vladimirskaya and N. P. Kulkov. 1999. Silurian brachiopod communities of Tuva. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 545-548 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]