To the Study of the Non-Marine Fauna of the Mospino Formation (Middle Carboniferous, Donets Basin)

Dernov, Vitaly

doi:10.30836/igs.0375-7773.2019.208882

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“…The Carboniferous ichthyofauna of the Donets Basin has been only poorly studied and to date, the only known genera from here are Erismacanthus m'coy, Listracanthus newBerry et worthen, Lagarodus Jaekel, Venustodus St. John et worthen, Helodus agaSSiZ, Symmorium coPe, Glikmanius ginter et al, Ctenacanthus agaSSiZ, Gyracanthus agaSSiZ, Rhizodopsis young, etc. (Ginter et al 2005, Dernov 2016, 2019. Apparently, ammonoids were often preyed upon by cartilaginous fishes, such as Listracanthus newBerry et worthen, Lagarodus Jaekel, Venustodus St. John et worthen, Symmorium coPe and others.…”

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Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

Dernov¹

2022

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Eleven late Bashkirian ammonoid taxa (Anthracoceratites sp., Cymoceras sp., Melvilloceras rotaii (Librovitch in Popov, 1979), Gastrioceras angustum Patteisky, 1964, G. lupinum Popov, 1979, G. kutejnikovense Popov, 1979, ?Agastrioceras sp., Bisatoceras sp., ?Owenoceras sp., Branneroceras sp. A, and Branneroceras sp. B), are described from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, eastern Ukraine. Representatives of the genera Cymoceras, Agastrioceras, Bisatoceras are first recorded from the Carboniferous of the Donets Basin. Early Westphalian (G2 ammonoid zone, Langsettian) ammonoids Gastrioceras listeri, G. angustum and Branneroceras spp. indicate the attribution of the Mospyne Formation to the Gastrioceras-Branneroceras Genozone.

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Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

Dernov¹

2022

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“…Author has made detailed taphonomic and paleoecological observations on the deposits of the Mospinka Formation (Late Bashkirian) in the central part of Donets Basin (Dernov, 2016;2019;Dernov and Udovychenko, 2019b) for several years. The territory of study is a small area of about 75 km 2 located in the upper reaches of the Velyka Kamyanka River (southern part of the Luhansk Region, Ukraine).…”

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“…Material from the Upper Carboniferous of Russia (Vassilenko and Scherbakov, 2013) is dated too widely. A review of information on the finds of insect remains in the Carboniferous of the Don-Dnipro downramp is presented in works (Dernov, 2019;Dernov and Udovychenko, 2019a).…”

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“…The climate at the time of accumulation of the Mospinka Fm. in the Donets Basin was humid subtropical or tropical with periodically occurring dry periods (Dernov, 2019).…”

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“…A description of the section and its paleogeographic interpretation are given in (Dernov, 2019). A diverse macroflora was identified from this locality (Dernov and Udovychenko, 2019 b), as well as the remains of non-marine animals (freshwater pelecypods, horseshoe crabs, fishes, problematics and trace fossils) (Dernov, 2019). Sediments were formed in lagoonal and lacustrine environments (Dernov and Udovychenko, 2019 b).…”

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The Earliest Insect Endophytic Oviposition (Early Pennsylvanian, Eastern Ukraine)

Dernov¹

2021

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The world's oldest insect endophytic oviposition from the deposits of the Mospinka Formation (Upper Bashkirian, Lower Pennsylvanian) of the Donets Basin is described in the paper. There is little information on Carboniferous endophytic oviposition of insects. The earliest insect endophytic oviposition specimens are specimens from the Upper Moscovian and the uppermost part of the Gzhelian of Germany, as well as the uppermost Gzhelian of France and the USA. The endophytic oviposition described in this article is almost 10 million years older than specimens from the Upper Moscovian of Germany. The studied material was collected on five localities and four stratigraphic levels. The study area is the upper reaches of the Velyka Kamyanka River (southern part of the Luhansk Region, Ukraine). The rocks with the studied oviposition were formed in shallow marine, lagoonal and lacustrine environments. Insect damages were noted on leaves of arborescent lycopsids and cordaitaleans, and pteridosperm rachises. The above mentioned oviposition belongs to the following damage types sensu Labandeira et al., 2007: DT76, DT100, DT101 and DT175. The studied oviposition occurs mainly in sediments formed in the environments of a highly watered coastal alluvialdeltaic lowland with associations of the semi-aquatic sphenopsids (shores of lakes, rivers, and freshened lagoons), predominantly arborescent lycopsids (swampy areas), as well as pteridosperms on the elevated areas of accumulation plain. The most likely producers of endophytic oviposition are representatives of Odonatoptera, Palaeodictyopteroidea, and Orthoptera. The new findings substantially supplement the fossil record of insect endophytic oviposition.

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Mammillichnis monstrum isp. nov., a new sea anemone trace fossil from the Carboniferous of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

Dernovм¹

2022

GEO&BIO

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A new ichnospecies Mammillichnis monstrum isp. nov. (Domichnia) is described from turbidite sandstone in the upper part of the Mospyne Formation (late Bashkirian, Early Pennsylvanian) of southern Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Mammillichnis monstrum isp. nov. is represented by hypichnial, hemispherical, slightly flattened passive fillings of a large burrow; the apex of burrow casts has concentric depression or a small rounded tubercle. Mammillichnis monstrum isp. nov. differs from Mammillichnis aggeris Chamberlain, 1971 (Vendian–Oligocene) and Mammillichnis jakubi Pokorny et al., 2017 (Late Miocene, Neogene) by its much larger size. The depth of burrows varies greatly, which seems to be related to the different preservation of burrow casts, as well as, apparently, different maturity of burrow producers. In addition, such an important diagnostic feature as a rounded tubercle at the apex of the burrow casts is not observed in all specimens, which is probably also due to the different types of preservation of the trace fossils. Perhaps, the differences in the morphology of the apex of some examined specimens are due to the activity of organisms that lived in the burrows after the death of the trace fossil producer. The producers of the trace fossils Mammillichnis are apparently sea anemones (Actiniaria). The fossil record of Actiniaria has significant gaps because these animals lack a mineral skeleton that can be preserved as a fossil. The oldest sea anemones are known from the Vendian; there is no data on post-Carboniferous fossil Actiniaria. It seems that the only way to study the evolution of this group of animals is studying of their trace fossils, such as burrows (e.g. ichnogenera Astropolichnus, Bergaueria, Conostichus, and Kulindrichnus), which demonstrate some details of the body morphology of their producers. The trace fossils Mammillichnis monstrum apparently marks insignificant pauses in sedimentation preceding the accumulation of turbidite sandstones. In the coarse sandy sediments are preserved mainly large depressions left by sessile coelenterates. Trace fossils are well preserved in some sandstone lenses and poorly preserved in others. This circumstance is apparently related to the different intensity of erosive activity of turbidity currents.

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To the Study of the Non-Marine Fauna of the Mospino Formation (Middle Carboniferous, Donets Basin)

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Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

The Earliest Insect Endophytic Oviposition (Early Pennsylvanian, Eastern Ukraine)

Mammillichnis monstrum isp. nov., a new sea anemone trace fossil from the Carboniferous of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

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