Age and fossils of the Sermenovo Formation (Silurian), southern Urals (Russia)

The Sermenovo Formation in the eastern limb of the Bashkirian Anticlinorium of the Southern Urals yielded the graptolite Monograptus praedeubeli, the chitinozoans Ancyrochitina ancyrea and ?Ancyrochitina sp. and the acritarch Elektoriskos aff. williereae among other less time specific fossils. The investigated section in the Sermenovo quarry is referred to the Homerian Stage of the Upper Wenlock.