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: Tomashov Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• upper part of Tomashov Formation
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green claystone and gray, green, argillaceous 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 23650: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797 | |
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Shaleriella tenuis" = Shaleria (Shaleriella)
"Shaleriella tenuis" = Shaleria (Shaleriella) | |
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Isorthis ovalis, "Isorthis ex gr. canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata
"Isorthis ex gr. canaliculata" = Levenea canaliculata Lindström 1861 | |
Homoeospira sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Lingulata | |
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Trilobita | |
Acaste dayiana trilobite | |
Calymene tentaculata trilobite |