SYSTEMATICS OF THE NON-SKELETON FAUNA OF THE VENDIAN DEPOSITES OF THE PODILLYA’S TRANSNISTRIA

Abstract

The paper presents the systematic composition of the soft-bodied fauna and trace fossils found throughout the long history of study in the Podillya’s Transnistria. Mainly fauna is common in the Mogyliv-Podilsky series, in the lower part of it. In the Kanylivska series, the number of finds of imprints of animals is negligible, but numerous traces of their life are known. Literary data and L.I. Konstantinenko's collection were used to write the work. The samples were selected from the Lomozivsky layers (Mogyliv-Podilsky series) in the outcrop near the village Vinozh. In the study of remains, a comparative and morphometric method was used to analyze the morphology of animal elements; as well as comparative-morphological and analysis and synthesis for the establishment of taxa. In the work, the species are presented in alphabetical order without determination of over-generic categories because of the uncertainty of the systematic position. Probably the younger synonyms of Aspidella terranovica were removed from the list. It was shown that on this territory there were also three different age associations of fossil non-skeleton organisms: the Avalon-type, Ediacara-type and Nama-type, and the genera which are characteristic for them.