Where: Russian Federation (54.3° N, 85.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Shanda Beds Member (Shanda Horizon Formation), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)
• Here are the subdivisions of the Telengitian Stage in type locality. Authors correlate stage roughly with Emsian, but note that the Salairka Horizon is said to correlate with the dehiscens Zone, which, according to Harland et al. 1990 is Pragian.
•JA: originally entered as Emsian; the serotinus zone is late Emsian
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•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Upper Shanda Beds c.partitus/c.patulus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Middle Shanda Beds serotinus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Shanda Horizon Lower Shanda Beds P.n.sp./inversus Zone
•Telengitian Stage Belovo Horizon gronbergi Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Upper Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Middle Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
•Telengitian Stage Salairka Horizon Lower Salairka Beds dehiscens Zone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and limestone
•A: "consists mainly of biogenic-clastic limestone."
• A1: "coral limestones interbedded with siltstones and mudstones containing plant remains"
• A2: "massive reefal limestones" / "biogenic-clastic limestones, locally with coral bioherms"
•B: "composed chiefly of mudstones"
• B1: "interbedded with limestones and richly fossiliferous"
• B2: "barren"
•C: "consists of bedded, platy, clayey limestones locally marked by traces of subaqueous slumping"
•D: "may be equated with a sandy-muddy member with abundant plant remains"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. A. Yolkin, R. T. Gratsianova, N. K. Bakharev, N. E. Izokh, A. Yu Yazikov, L. V. V'yushkova, V. A. Zheltonogova and N. M. Petrosyan. 1988. Facies and faunal associations of the Telengitian (Emsian) in its type locality. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III 193-207 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35718: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 05.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mansuphyllum soetenicum, Pseudozonophyllum sp., Rozhdestvenskajites auriculiferus, Furcilla furcata, Thuringobolbina "sp. 1", Parabolbinella "sp. 1", Costatiella "sp. 1", Nesamyslia carinata, ? Acinacibolbina "sp. A", ? Triglavus sp., Furcilla distincta, Telengitia telengitica, Nesamyslia aff. bohemica
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Conodonta | |
Icriodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont | |
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Nostolepis "sp. A", Nostolepis "sp. B", Nostolepis sp., Cheiracanthoides "sp. A", Cheiracanthoides comptus
Nostolepis "sp. A" Pander 1856 spiny fish
Nostolepis "sp. B" Pander 1856 spiny fish
Nostolepis sp. Pander 1856 spiny fish
Cheiracanthoides "sp. A" Wells 1944 spiny fish
Cheiracanthoides comptus Wells 1944 spiny fish | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptaenopyxis bouei Barrande 1848 | |
"Hemichonetes (Hemichonetes) inflexus n. sp." = Chlupacina
"Hemichonetes (Hemichonetes) inflexus n. sp." = Chlupacina | |
"Megastrophia (Megastrophiella) uralensis" = Megastrophia (Megastrophia) uralensis
"Megastrophia (Megastrophiella) uralensis" = Megastrophia (Megastrophia) uralensis de Verneuil 1845 | |
Ostracoda | |
Ulrichia "sp. 1" Jones 1890 ostracod | |
Sulcicuneus salairicus ostracod | |
Miraculum "sp. 1" ostracod
Miraculum "sp. 3" ostracod | |
Kirkbyella (Kirkbyella) "sp. 1" Coryell and Booth 1933 ostracod | |
Guerichiella "sp. 1" ostracod | |
Abditoloculina "sp. A", Abditoloculina "sp. B", Hanaites "sp. 2", Ctenoloculina "sp. 1", Ctenoloculina longivellum, Ctenoloculina "sp. 2", Hollina "sp. 1"
Abditoloculina "sp. A" ostracod
Abditoloculina "sp. B" ostracod
Hanaites "sp. 2" ostracod
Ctenoloculina "sp. 1" Bassler 1941 ostracod
Ctenoloculina longivellum ostracod
Ctenoloculina "sp. 2" Bassler 1941 ostracod
Hollina "sp. 1" Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod | |
Libumella inornata ostracod | |
Tricornina robusticerata ostracod | |
Bairdia navicula ostracod
Bairdia crebta ostracod | |
Praepilatina praepilata ostracod | |
Thlipsura subfurca ostracod | |
Berounella spinosa ostracod | |
Microcheilinella ex gr. larionovae ostracod | |
Saumella salairica ostracod
Saumella sokolovi ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Rhizophyllum enorme horn coral
Calceola sandalina Linnaeus 1771 horn coral | |
Zonophyllum caducum, Pseudomicroplasma tchumyshensis, Cystiphylloides mirabile, Cystiphylloides divisum, Cystiphylloides varium
Zonophyllum caducum horn coral
Pseudomicroplasma tchumyshensis horn coral
Cystiphylloides mirabile horn coral | |
Digonophyllum magnum horn coral | |
Thamnophyllum rzonsnickajae horn coral | |
Pseudochonophyllum pseudohelianthoides horn coral
Lyrielasma denticulata horn coral |