Where: Govi-Altai, Mongolia (46.4° N, 93.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 93.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gurvan-Eren Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Correlative with Bon Tsagaan based on pollen and plants
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; shale and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: S. M. Sinitsa. 1986. Ostracoda, in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. In A. P. Rasnitsyn (ed.), The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:174-178 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136202: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 22.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Cypridea gurvanensis n. sp.
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