Mena River-1 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (56.0° N, 45.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 46.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. N. Saks, ed. 1975. The Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary and the Berriasian Stage in the Boreal Realm. 1-319 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2516: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
ex gr. Buchia volgensis
ex gr. Buchia volgensis Lahusen 1888 scallop
originally entered as "Buchia ex gr. volgensis"
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Acroteuthis uralensis, Acroteuthis mosquensis, Acroteuthis sp.
Acroteuthis sp. Stolley 1911 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Riasanites sp.