Articulate Brachiopods of the Bogdanovka 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: Bogdanovka Beds Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• From correlation chart in this paper:

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone and limestone

• Lithology based on symbols in illustrated section. Shown are: sequence of argillites with limestone interbeds.

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 14153: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Articulate brachiopods only.
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Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridistrophia praeumbracula
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis
 Strophomenida -
Pseudostrophochonetes mediocostalis
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella angustiplicata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria fragilis
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationella podolica
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Protathyris praecursor