Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 235/3) (VNIGRI collection 975) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Cypridea gurvanensis n. sp. Sinitsa 1986 ostracod
VNIGRI 975/70