Levyi Vodopadnyi Creek, outcrop 3, bed 17, Omolon Massif (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (62.8° N, 159.4° E: paleocoordinates 74.4° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Omolon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Lower subformation of Omolon Formation, Kolymia inoceramiformis bivalve zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Northeast Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan (SVKNII)

Primary reference: A. S. Biakov. 2012. New Inoceramus-like bivalves of the genus Kolymia Licharew from the Middle Permian of northeast Asia. Paleontological Journal 46:552-559 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136414: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Kolymiidae
Kolymia taskanica n. sp. Biakov 2012 clam