Where: Russian Federation (48.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 34.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belaya Kalitva Formation, Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• Upper part of Belaya Kalitva Formation. Siltstone laterally replacing coal seam i3 beneath limestone I4-1, together with conchostracans, eurypterids, insects, and diverse plants. The fossil bed is assigned to the upper part of the Belaya Kalitva Formation (Krasnodonsky Horizon), terminal Bashkirian (Melekessian). Limestone I4 is of basal Bolsovian (Westphalian C) age (Eros et al., 2012).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: P. A. Selden, D. E. Shcherbakov, J. A. Dunlop and K. Y. Eskov. 2014. Arachnids from the Carboniferous of Russia and Ukraine, and the Permian of Kazakhstan. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:297-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149705: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.08.2013

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