Artinsk (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (56.4° N, 58.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 44.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

• Stated as Grès houillers ("coaly sandstone"), but "houillers" is most likely used in a chronological sense rather than as a description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Roderick Murchison, Eduoard de Verneuil, Alexandre Keyserling in 1840

Primary reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117349: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
"Goniatites jossae n. sp." = Paragastrioceras jossae
"Goniatites jossae n. sp." = Paragastrioceras jossae de Verneuil 1845 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
"Goniatites soboleskianus n. sp." = Popanoceras sobolewskyanum, "Goniatites kingianus n. sp." = Popanoceras sobolewskyanum
"Goniatites soboleskianus n. sp." = Popanoceras sobolewskyanum de Verneuil 1845 ammonite
"Goniatites kingianus n. sp." = Popanoceras sobolewskyanum de Verneuil 1845 ammonite
Given by William King, Newcastle
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Uralorthoceras verneuili