Karabikha (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (57.5° N, 39.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 42.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Homolsomites bojarkensis ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by V.N. Baranov

• Repository: M.V. Lomonosov University of Moscow (MU) Collection No. 139.

Primary reference: T. N. Smirnova. 1992. Late Mesozoic Brachiopods of the Caspian Depression and the Russian Platform. Paleontological Journal 26(1):25-35 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 24.02.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Russiella karabikhaensis n. sp. Smirnova 1992
poorly preserved shells
 Terebratulida - Harpotothyrididae
Okathyris baranovi n. sp. Smirnova 1992
mostly casts