Balazhana, Sangtuda village (Cretaceous of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (38.1° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 63.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bostrychoceras polyplocum ammonoid zone, Daralitau Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Department of Geology and Subsoil Resources Protection under the Council of Ministers of the Tajik SSR

Primary reference: A. A. Atabekyan and F. K. Khakimov. 1976. Kampanskie i Maastrikhtskie ammonity sredney Azii 1-146 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186537: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Gissarites kysylchense Iljin 1958 ammonite
"Hoplitoplacenticeras marroti" = Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti Coquand 1859 ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras rarecostatum n. sp. Khakimov 1976 ammonite