Ostashevo (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Moskovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation (55.4° N, 38.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 41.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Riasanites rjasanensis ammonoid zone, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• Ryazanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. A. Gerasimov. 1960. Gubki podmoskovskoy yury u nizhnego mela [Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sponges of the Moscow region]. Materialy po Geologii i Poleznym Ickopayemym Tsentral'nykh Rayonov Evropeyskoy Chasti SSSR 3:5-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116451: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae
Stramentella ostaschovensis n. sp. Gerasimov 1960 demosponge