Verkhorech'ye (Early Hauterivian) (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (44.7° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 48.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Moscow State University

Primary reference: T. N. Smirnova and E. Y. Baraboshkin. 2004. Valanginian-Lower Hauterivian brachiopod assemblages of the area between rivers Kacha and Bodrak (South-West Crimea). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 12(2):48-63 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164375: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 01.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Musculina nikischini n. sp. Smirnova and Baraboshkin 2004
Musculina nuciformis n. sp. Smirnova and Baraboshkin 2004
25 well-preserved and 27 slightly compressed specimens