Striispirifer plicatellus Community, Yaruga series, Podolia (Silurian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.7° N, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Upper part of the Furmanovka suite and the lower part of the Ternava suite, Yaruga "series" (Kitaigorod "superhorizon"). Demshin subsuite. See fig. 38.1 for correlation chart.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and marl

• "High percentage articulated shells...suggest quiet water, although not so quiet as to be low oxygen...Nodular limestoens indicate possible habitat in open shelf near lower boundary of reef building zone, i.e. BA 3. [This community interbedded with Dicoelosia-Skenidioides, which is in dark marls. This comm. is open shelf, the D-S is platform slope.]"
• "hosts rocks [are] nodular limestones. [These are] interbedded with dark marl [which contains the Dicoelosia paralata-Skenidioides sp. community]."

Collection methods: Counts are given for brachiopods.

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 23364: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 12.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
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Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Proporidae
Propora tabulata tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Stelliporellidae
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
 Favositida - Theciidae
Thecia minor tabulate coral
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Sphaerexochus mirus" = Sphaerexochus calvus
"Sphaerexochus mirus" = Sphaerexochus calvus Mc Coy 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus punctatus Wahlenberg 1821 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene blumenbachii Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastus barriensis Murchison 1839 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
Warburgella cf. stokesii Murchison 1839 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta duvalii Davidson 1847
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
"Pholidostrophia laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata
"Pholidostrophia laevigata" = Mesopholidostrophia laevigata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Pentlandina lewisii Davidson 1847
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula galeata Dalman 1828
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Anastrophia deflexa Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella canalis Sowerby 1839
Isorthis slitensis Walmsley 1965
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina hybrida Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis rustica Sowerby 1839
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839
Chitinozoa
 Prosamatifera - Conochitinidae