Also known as Reef 3728
Where: Mongolia (46.3° N, 93.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 22.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Khulmunuur Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)
• lower part of the formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: T. T. Sharkova. 1981. Siluriiskiye i devonskiye tabulyaty Mongolii [Silurian and Devonian Tabulata of Mongolia]. Trudy Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongolskaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditisiya [Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition] 14:5-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79716: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Protopteridium | |
Protopteridium sp. Krejci 1880 | |
Hostinella | |
"Hostimella sp." = Hostinella
"Hostimella sp." = Hostinella Barrande 1882 | |
Crinoidea | |
Hexacrinites aff. cauliculatus Sea lily
Hexacrinites cf. karzevae Sea lily | |
Pentagonocyclicus cf. astericus Sea lily | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946 | |
Trilobita | |
Phacops altaicus trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral | |
Thamnophyllum aff. tabulatum horn coral
"Pseudoacervularia altaica" = Phillipsastrea horn coral
Sulcorphyllum tonchilum horn coral | |
"Stenophyllum sp." = Acanthophyllum
"Stenophyllum sp." = Acanthophyllum Dybowski 1873 horn coral | |
Altaiophyllum mongolicum horn coral | |
Gracilopora clara tabulate coral
Cladopora vermicularis tabulate coral | |
Pachyfavosites abnormis, Pachyfavosites alpenensis, Squameofavosites mixtus, Emmonsia emmonsi, Emmonsia taltiensis
Pachyfavosites alpenensis tabulate coral
Squameofavosites mixtus tabulate coral
Emmonsia emmonsi tabulate coral
Emmonsia taltiensis tabulate coral | |
Tyrganolithes altaicus, Crassialveolites abramovi, Alveolites edwards, Alveolites distinctus, Alveolites (Alveolitella) praeclara
Tyrganolithes altaicus tabulate coral
Crassialveolites abramovi tabulate coral
Alveolites edwards tabulate coral
Alveolites distinctus tabulate coral
Alveolites (Alveolitella) praeclara tabulate coral | |
Placocoenites medius tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporella javorskyi stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella ex gr. artyschtensis stromatoporoid sponge |