West Kopetdag, Chalsu Canyon (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Where: Turkmenistan (38.8° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 52.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cunningtoniceras cunningtoni ammonoid zone, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: TsNIGR (Central Scientific-Research Geological Exploration Museum, St. Petersburg)

Primary reference: V. V. Arkadiev, A. A. Atabekian, E. Y. Baraboshkin and T. N. Bogdanova. 2000. Stratigraphy and ammonites of Cretaceous deposits of south-west Crimea. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 255:85-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183307: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite