Where: Saratov, Russian Federation (51.9° N, 47.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 40.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belogrodnya Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Belogrodnya glauconite bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Pavlov in 1896

• Repository: Vernadsky State Geological Museum

Primary reference: E. Y. Baraboshkin and V. A. Musatov. 2011. A unique find of Hercoglossa pavlovi (Arkh.) (Nautiloidea) in Paleocene sediments of the Volga region. Moscow University Geology Bulletin 66:369-372 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167479: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.03.2015

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