Where: Russian Federation (60.9° N, 163.8° E: paleocoordinates 70.3° N, 161.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kamchik Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kamchik Fm, which overlies the Getkilna (Selandian) and is overlain by the Tkapravayam Fm (Thanetian). AGE: Thanetian, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: fauna list representative of entire formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone and siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown, but possibly Gladenkov and colleagues (1990's-2000's). REPOSITORY: No stated in text.
Primary reference: P. S. Minyuk and Y. B. Gladenkov. 2007. Magnetostratigraphy of Paleogene Deposits in Kamchatka. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 15(1):100-111 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162250: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Portlandella kilanskensis" = Megayoldia (Portlandella)
"Portlandella kilanskensis" = Megayoldia (Portlandella) clam | |
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum
"Nemocardium linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle | |
Thyasira baca clam | |
Ostrea ornata oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Siphonalia bicarinata" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata
"Siphonalia bicarinata" = Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata Dickerson 1915 true whelk | |
Gilbertina popenoe snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Spiroplectammina paleocenica Cushman 1947 | |