Shovdol Obo Mountains, Baruun-Urt, Eastern Gobi, Baruun-Urt Formation (Silurian of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (46.7° N, 113.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 41.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baruun-Urt Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. N. Bolshakova and L. M. Ulitina. 1985. Stromatoporaty i biostratigrafiya nizhnego paleozoya Mongolii [Stromatoporata and biostratigraphy of the Lower Paleozoic of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 27:5-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79640: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Simplexodictyon simplex stromatoporoid sponge
Simplexodictyon podolicum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Pseudolabechiidae
Desmostroma mukschiense stromatoporoid sponge
Desmostroma columnum stromatoporoid sponge
Desmostroma mongolica n. sp. Bolshakova and Ulitina 1985 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Densastromatidae
Pycnodictyon densum stromatoporoid sponge
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Clavidictyon cylindricum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma pseudotuberculata stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon mohicanum stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrodictyon sulevi Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrodictyon boreale Riabinin 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon tschernovi stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
"Leptelasma sociale" = Synamplexoides
"Leptelasma sociale" = Synamplexoides horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
 Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Chonophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Petrozium sp. Smith 1930 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Kodonophyllum sp. Wedekind 1927 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lykophyllidae
Phaulactis sp. Ryder 1926 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Cystiphyllum sp." = Cystiphyllum, "Coronoruga regia" = Cystiphyllum
"Cystiphyllum sp." = Cystiphyllum Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
"Coronoruga regia" = Cystiphyllum horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
"Rhabdacanthia inconspicua" = Aphyllum, "Rhabdacanthia pachyacanthia" = Aphyllum, "Tryplasma sp." = Tryplasma, "Pholidophyllum loveni" = Tryplasma
"Rhabdacanthia inconspicua" = Aphyllum horn coral
"Rhabdacanthia pachyacanthia" = Aphyllum horn coral
"Tryplasma sp." = Tryplasma Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
"Pholidophyllum loveni" = Tryplasma horn coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites junior Klaamann 1961 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
 Heliolitida - Pseudoplasmoporidae
Pseudoplasmopora sp. Bondarenko 1963 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Helenolites clarus tabulate coral
Diploepora grayi tabulate coral
 Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
Parastriatopora sp. Sokolov 1949 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
"Taxopora salairica" = Cladopora
"Taxopora salairica" = Cladopora tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hedeinopsidae
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae