Kur-Istyk Valley (Permian of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (37.8° N, 74.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 71.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Possibly Asselian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. N. Shimanskiy. 1996. Permian nonammonoid cephalopods from the Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 30(4):396-400 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117832: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras palatum n. sp. Shimanskiy 1996