North of Zelenodilske (Carboniferous of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.2° N, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° N, 32.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mospyne Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• Siltstones above the G1 limestone layer

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

• Siltstones with remains of terrestrial plants, bivalves, and coiled nautiloids

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: IGSU, Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Palaeozoic Sediments in the Institute of Geological Sciences (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv).

Primary reference: V. Dernov. 2022. Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine. Fossil Imprint 78:489-512 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228666: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.12.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Calamites cf. cistii
Paripteris gigantea
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Paripteris gigantea
Paripteris gigantea Sternberg 1825
Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
Artisia approximata
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
? Gastrioceras sp., ? Owenoceras sp.
? Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
? Owenoceras sp. Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae
Gzheloceras sp.
Gzheloceras sp. Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp.
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Posidoniella sp.
Posidoniella sp. Koninck 1885 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp.
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
 Ichnofossils -
Planolites sp., Chondrites sp.
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833