Zhandr Horizon, platform facies, SW Novaya Zemlya (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Arkhangel'skaya Oblast', Russian Federation (72.0° N, 52.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.3° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Zhandr Horizon Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate

• Carbonate platform.
• Lithology not given for this formation. Coded as "carbonate" since it is said to be carbonate platform. Based on other units in this sequence, I would guess it is probably in fact mixed carbonate siliciclastic.

Collection methods: Faunal list from Fig. 3

Primary reference: S. V. Cherkesova. 1988. Lower and Middle Devonian marine deposits of the Soviet arctic and the correlation with arctic Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 669-679 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40713: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Archaeopteridopsida
 Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Svalbardia polymorpha
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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Hypothyridinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Ladogiidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica
"Polygnathus asymmetricus" = Mesotaxis asymmetrica Bischoff and Ziegler 1957 conodont
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllum densum horn coral
Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
Cosjuvia aranea horn coral