Where: Kustanai, Kazakhstan (53.0° N, 63.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 54.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. A. Nessov in 1992
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt, D. P. Naidin, and A. P. Levina, E., and Simon. 1996. Maastrichtian faunas from the Turgay Strait (northern Kazakhstan). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 77:49-65 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Paranomia cf. scabra scallop | |
Plagiostoma cretaceum file clam | |
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Neoliothyrina aff. obesa Sahni 1925 |