Articulate Brachiopods of the Tajna Beds, Borshchov Stage, Podolia (Devonian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.0° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 18.5° S, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tajna Beds Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• From correlation chart in this paper:

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous claystone and limestone

• Lithology based on symbols in illustrated section. Shown are: argillites with isolated limestone nodules (and marls); and limestones.

Primary reference: O. I. Nikiforova, T. L. Modzalevskaya, and M. G. Bassett. 1985. Review of the Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian articulate brachiopods of Podolia. Special Papers in Palaeontology (34)1-66 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14151: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Articulate brachiopods only.
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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula cf. pelagica
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda pseudolinguifera
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationella podolica
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. n. sp.
Skenidioides sp. n. sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella elegantuloides
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina crassiformis
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella latisinuata, Howellella orphana, Howellella angustiplicata
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina praecedens
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa leprosa
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Septatrypa secreta
Septatrypa secreta Kozlowski 1929
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Machaeraria althi
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia gibbosa, Lanceomyonia borealiformis
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Rhynchospirina siemiradzkii
 Athyridida - Meristidae
Merista sp. n. sp.
Merista sp. n. sp. Suess 1851
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Pseudoprotathyris infantilis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina costatula
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena spp., Glossoleptaena emarginata
Leptaena spp. Dalman 1828
genus name in quotes
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridistrophia praeumbracula