Where: Russian Federation (43.9° N, 40.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° S, 55.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Urushten Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• Late Changhsingian; Cathaysia-Chonetella assemblage
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: "antibiohermal" assemblage, lower diversity of brachiopods
Primary reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, and I. V. Polubotko. 2004. Late Changhsingian fauna of the northwestern Caucasus Mountains, Russia. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):513-527 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60738: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhipidomella caucasica Kotlyar et al. 2004 | |
Strophomenata | |
Cathaysia caucasica n. sp.
Cathaysia caucasica n. sp. Kotlyar et al. 2004 |