Volga River-2 (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (53.0° N, 48.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.1° N, 54.1° E (Wright 2013)

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

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 2523: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia sp. Rouillier 1845 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida -
Pachyteuthis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Riasanites rjasanensis Lahusen 1883 ammonite