Nikefur (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (53.8° N, 54.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 46.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• In the sandy and calcareous beds that are at the base of the cupriferous sandstons

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roderick Murchison, Eduoard de Verneuil, Alexandre Keyserling in 1840

Primary reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117265: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus horrescens" = Aulosteges horrescens
"Productus horrescens" = Aulosteges horrescens de Verneuil 1845
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini
"Productus cancrini" = Cancrinella cancrini de Verneuil 1845
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyris pectinifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera
"Cleiothyris pectinifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera Sowerby 1841
variant
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Murchisonia subangulata" = Goniasma subangulata
"Murchisonia subangulata" = Goniasma subangulata de Verneuil 1845 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Osteodesma kutorgana" = Wilkingia kutorgana
"Osteodesma kutorgana" = Wilkingia kutorgana de Verneuil 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Mytilus pallasi" = Stutchburia pallasi
"Mytilus pallasi" = Stutchburia pallasi de Verneuil 1845 clam