Calymene dnestroviana Community, Zvenigorod suite, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.6° N, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zvenigorod suite Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• Zvenigorod "suite" of the Rukshin "series" (Skalian "superhorizon"). See fig. 38.1 for correlation chart.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone and marl

• "...shelf to slope transition zone. Disarticulated trilobites indicate normal turbulence. High percentage of brachiopods articulated. BA 3."
• "occurs in argillaceous limestone with marl interbeds"

Collection methods: Counts are given for trilobites.

Primary reference: V. P. Gritsenko, A. A. Istchenko, L. I. Konstantinenko and P. D. Tsegelnjuk. 1999. Animal and plant communities of Podolia. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 462-487 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23360: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Athyridida - Dayiidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Proetus dnestrovianus" = Coniproetus dnestrovianus, "Warburgella volcovcyana" = Warburgella volkovcyana, "Proetus rashkoviensis" = Proetus scalicus rashkoviensis, Proetus volcovcyanus, Tetinia minuta
"Proetus dnestrovianus" = Coniproetus dnestrovianus Balashova 1968 trilobite
"Warburgella volcovcyana" = Warburgella volkovcyana Balashova 1968 trilobite
"Proetus rashkoviensis" = Proetus scalicus rashkoviensis Konstantyneno 1998 trilobite
subsp. rashkoviensis
Proetus volcovcyanus Balashova 1968 trilobite
Tetinia minuta Přibyl and Vaněk 1962 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella sp. Reed 1925 trilobite
Acaste dayiana trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
 Podocopida -
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Tryplasma formosa, "Holacanthia sociale" = Aphyllum
"Holacanthia sociale" = Aphyllum horn coral
 Stauriida - Mucophyllidae
 Favositida - Multisoleniidae
Mesosolenia reliqua tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae