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Smotrych River Biota

A Ludlovian-Wenlockian biota from Podolia Ukraine (Smith & Selden 2025), including multiple types of chelicerates, ostracods, orthocone molluscs, lingulid brachiopods and thalli of macrophytic algae. Smotrych River, Velykozalissya village, Kamianets-Podilskyi raion, Khmelnitskiy oblast.

The opening paper in what will hopefully be a series is now published: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/new-silurian-synziphosurine-arthropod-from-ukraine/0722DA36B48C8419A11C59E0F0CD79BC
Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Juvenile Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus with preserved cuticle, 6 cm long. Undescribed arthropod in ventral view showing well developed sternites and limbs Pasternakevia podolica, 4 cm
Pasternakevia podolica in lateral view with ostracods, pterygotid fragments and possible vermiform arthropods Pasternakevia podolica in lateral view with microtergite exposed Smotrychaspis kurtopleurae gen. et sp. nov., 37 mm Smotrychaspis kurtopleurae gen. et sp. nov., 37 mm
Undescribed syziphosurine with long telson, 37 mm Outline sketch of Smotrychaspis kurtopleurae gen. et sp. nov. cf Lunataspis, Smotrych Diploaspis sp
Diploaspis sp A synziphosuran or chasmataspidid, 27 mm Interpretation Undescribed arthropod or possibly orthocone with unusual preservation, 3 cm long
DSC01103-4.jpg Ostracod, leperditicope, 4 mm Nautiloid with visored aperture similar to forms described as Pristeroceras in the Silurian of New York Nautiloid with visored aperture similar to forms described as Pristeroceras in the Silurian of New York
Lingulid brachiopods Thallus of a macrophytic alga Branched macrophytic alga

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