Vorkuta Deposit, Borehole K-138, Depth 278.5 m (Permian of Russian Federation)

Also known as PIN collection 1206

Where: Komi republic, Russian Federation (67.8° N, 64.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 37.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rudnitsaian Member (Lek-Vorkuta Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Lek-Vorkut Formation, Ayach’yaginsk Subformation, Member R (Pukhonto, 1998

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• Uralian foreland basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: B. B. Rohdendorf. 1947. Ob iskopaekmykh nasekomykh iz Vorkutskogo ugol'nogo basseyna. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 57:391-393 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160744: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Megasecoptera - Vorkutiidae
Vorkutia tshernovi n. gen. n. sp.
Vorkutia tshernovi n. gen. n. sp. Rohdendorf 1947 winged insect