Favosites kozlowksii Community, Mitkov suite, Podolia (Devonian of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (48.7° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° S, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mitkov Suite Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Mitkov Suite of the Zyganka series.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal claystone and black, argillaceous claystone

• "Occurs mostly in argillites (clayey sediments) suggesting an offshore, open shelf, weakly turbulent environment, ikn which the shell beds represent storm turbulence. Assigned to BA 4 and 5."
• "Occurs mostly in argillites (clayey sediments)...Fossil coral and brachiopod associations are separated from each other by black, argillaceous shale with Acastella heberti elsana..."

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 23489: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 15.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina frequens
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Lanceomyonia borealiformis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Strophochonetes proliferus
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae
"Lioclema netchlavensis" = Leioclema, "Lioclema glorva" = Leioclema
"Lioclema netchlavensis" = Leioclema
"Lioclema glorva" = Leioclema
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites kozlowskii
Favosites kozlowskii tabulate coral