Gulf of Korfa, Eastern Kamchatka (IX): Middle Miocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Alnaster sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Ainicardita gini
many category
Ainicardita majanatschensis
many category
Ainicardita slodkewitschi
several category
Megacardita chukotica
many category
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia kavranensis
few category
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen cf. sicarius Gould 1850
few category
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Mya priapus Tilesius 1822
several category
recombined as Panomya priapus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915
few category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula voyi (Gabb 1866)
many category
synonym of Mactromeris polynyma
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta parilis (Conrad 1848)
many category
Lucina parilis
Taras gravis
few category
replaced by Diplodonta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callistotapes kamtschatica
many category
spelled with current rank as Paphia (Callistotapes)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium taracaicum
several category
Laevicardium etheringtoni Slodkewitsch 1938
many category
Papyridea matschigarica
subsp. uspenica
Papyridea aff. matschigarica
Papyridea utcholokensis
several category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Peronidia pulchra (Slodkewitsch 1938)
several category
recombined as Megangulus pulchrus
Macoma arctata (Conrad 1849)
many category
recombined as Macoma (Psammacoma) arctata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari kamtschatica
few category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia nabiliana
many category
Yoldia chojensis
few category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella tighilana
several category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neancistrolepis cf. uspenskiensis
many category
Pseudoliomesus praenassula
few category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Musashia cf. nagaoi
few category
spelled with current rank as Fulgoraria (Musashia)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices ramonensis (Clark 1918)
many category
original and current combination Natica (Euspira) ramonensis
Polinices gulianoi
many category
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Alnus sp. Miller 1754
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
spelled with current rank as Foraminifera
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 60.4° North, 165.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.1° North, 167.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Uspenskaya
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Uspenskaya Suite (upper part of the Pakhachinskaya Suite), Layer IX
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:45445
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2004-10-23 05:40:42 Last modified:2006-06-16 07:51:20
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-23 05:40:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11836.1% Y.u. B. Gladenkov, G. M. Bratseva, L. I. Mitrofanova and V. N. Sinel'nikova. 1988. Raschleneniye oligotsen-nizhnemiotsenovykh tolshch vostochnoy Kamchatki (zaliv Korfa). Subdivision of Oligocene-lower Miocene layers of eastern Kamchatka, Gulf of Korfa. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Seriya Geologicheskaya 1988(8):3-16 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]