PBDB Collection

Dayia bohemica-Anisotrypa callosa Comm., Kustin Formation, SW Byelorussia (Silurian of Belarus)

Where: Belarus (52.0° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 17.0° S, 3.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kustin Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic, gray, green shale and dolomitic, gray, green marl

• "regressive, possibly lagoonal conditions...coquinas...quiet water suggested by articulated shells..soft laminated marls without traces of currrent acitivty...BA 3 in Britain and Gotland...BA 4 in Lithuania...Our data, and the transition to possibly brackish conditions upwards, are consistent with BA 3."

• "...dolomitic, greenish-gray shale and marl"

Collection methods: core

• Abundances given for dominant brachiopods and bryozoans.

Primary reference: V. I. Pushkin and T. L. Modzalevskaya. 1999. Silurian and Lower Devonian brachiopod and bryozoan communities of southwestern Byelorussia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 496-509 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23649: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
Phacopida - Calymenidae	Calymene tentaculata Calymene tentaculata trilobite
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail steinkerns
Bivalvia
-	"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia "Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam steinkerns
Rhynchonellata
Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae	Homoeospira baylei Homoeospira baylei Davidson 1848
Athyridida - Dayiidae	Dayia bohemica, Dayia minor Dayia bohemica Dayia minor
Orthida - Hesperorthidae	Dolerorthis ex gr. rustica Dolerorthis ex gr. rustica Sowerby 1839
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Dalejina sp. n. sp. Dalejina sp. n. sp. Havlicek 1953 sp. nov. 1
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	Resserella sp., Isorthis cf. ovalis, "Isorthis canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928 Isorthis cf. ovalis "Isorthis canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata Lindström 1861
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Atrypa dzwinogrodensis Atrypa dzwinogrodensis
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Hemitoechia sp. Hemitoechia sp. Nikiforova 1970
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae	Morinorhynchus cf. wieniukowi Morinorhynchus cf. wieniukowi Kozlovski 1929
Strophomenida - Shaleriidae	"Shaleriella tenuis" = Shaleria (Shaleriella) "Shaleriella tenuis" = Shaleria (Shaleriella)
Strophomenida -	Strophochonetes sp. Strophochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
Stenolaemata
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora incomperta, Fistulipora kaljoi, Fistulipora menneri Fistulipora incomperta Fistulipora kaljoi Fistulipora menneri
Cystoporata - Xenotrypidae	Hennigopora flexuosa Hennigopora flexuosa
Trepostomida -	Astroviellina mukhovetskensis, Astroviella silurica Astroviellina mukhovetskensis Astroviella silurica
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 fragmentary fish scales
Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily stem segments
Anthozoa
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora meandrica Syringopora meandrica tabulate coral
Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae	Acmophyllum armatum Acmophyllum armatum horn coral
unclassified
-	Plantae indet. Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 limonized remains