Where: Siberia, Russian Federation (68.0° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 15.8° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Viknorevskii Formation, Early/Lower Llanvirn (466.0 - 463.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite and marl

Collection methods: JA: marked by Novack-Gottshall without explanation as omitting some genera, some macrofossils, some microfossils, and species names, but apparently complete

Primary reference: B. S. Sokolov. 1982. Ordovician of the siberian Platform: Key section on the Kulumbe River. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Siberian Branch, Transactions 506:1-239 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9294: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 12.10.2000