Marine Bivalvia of Aluginskaya Suite in eastern Kamchatka: Oligocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Mytilus) podkagernensis
Modiolus solea Slodkewitsch 1936
Botula tumiensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) aglikitschensis
original and current combination Glycymerita
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Eucrassatella aperta
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia ezoensis
Cyclocardia hamiltonensis
Cyclocardia ilpinensis
Cyclocardia cf. hamiltonensis
Cyclocardia dodairensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1952
Cyclocardia subtenta (Conrad 1849)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma acutilineata (Conrad 1849)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Papyridea (Profulvia) harrimani Dall 1904
Ciliatocardium reedi (Loel and Corey 1932)
recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) reedi
Papyridea (Profulvia) korfiense
original and current combination Profulvia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma cf. optiva
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari kamtschatica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Saxidomus misawaensis
Callista cf. pittsburgensis Dall 1900
recombined as Macrocallista pittsburgensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactromeris cf. polynyma (Stimpson 1860)
Spisula sorachiensis Otatsume 1933
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen snatolensis
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia (Cetothrax) cf. condoni (Dall 1909)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma (Aelga) besshoensis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Pholadomya cf. kamtschatica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Megayoldia (Portlandella) watasei (Kanehara 1937)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia poronaica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Yoldia) longissima
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Acila) elongata
Acila (Acila) praedivaricata Nagao and Huzioka 1941
Acila (Acila) cf. praedivaricata Nagao and Huzioka 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 59.8° North, 165.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.8° North, 167.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aluginskaya
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Corresponds to the Alugin Horizon in Koryak Upland and northern Kamchatka.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified claystone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: Claystones, siltstones with marl concretions; in the base sandstones. Thickness 800-850m.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:49974
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-03 02:48:18 Last modified:2005-05-10 01:17:58
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-03 02:48:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13418. A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2004. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of the Russian Northeast. Science Reports of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Section B 25:9-45 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]