Where: Russian Federation (55.8° N, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 42.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Perekhodnaya Member (Morkvashi Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• Upper Kazanian beds, numbered K5/29 - K5/31 from bottom to top; Member G is found in the lower portion of the section (Collection no. 197556), K5/29 - K5/31 are from Member H (Perekhodnaya ('Transitional') Member), with the overlying rocks being Urzhumian red-stones of the Sulitsa Formation (Nurgaliev et al. 2015)
Environment/lithology: coastal; dolomite
•Dolomarl: mottled yellowish grey, microcrystalline (dolomudstone), with dolostone conglomerates in basal 10-20cm. The upper half shows low-contrast alternation of recessive dolomarls and resistant argillaceous dolostones. The rock shows fine undulating lamination defined by slim shale partings. A thin (3-4cm) graded bed enriched in fine-grained (0.1-0.3mm) bioclasts and polymicritic sand at 0.6-0.7m above the base. Fossils include conchostracans, non-marine ostracods, non-marine bivalves, fish scales and plant detritus.
•Unit K5/30 Interval 49.80-51.80m Thickness 2.00m
•Dolostone: pale grey, microcrystalline, thick-bedded, partly sandy and argillaceous, with fine undulating lamination, slickensided. The basal part shows microbrecciation in polished slabs and contains the abundant non-marine bivalves Palaeomutela. The upper half of the unit hosts abundant marine fossils [including bivalves, brachiopods and conodonts]. The occurrence of numerous Lithophaga (=Modiola) has defined the historic name 'Modiola Horizon'. The upper part of the unit contains nests of loose chalcedony-quartz rhombs, indicating the former presence of anhydrite nodules.
•Unit K5/31 Interval 51.80-52.60m Thickness 0.80m
•Dolomarl with interlayers of dolostone and packbreccia. In 15cm above the chalcedony-quartz rhomb horizon, there is a 5-6cm thick packbreccia of subrounded grey-coloured dolomite clasts embedded in red-coloured argillaceous matrix. The top of this breccia locally shows colour inversion to red clasts and grey matrix. Red-coloured clasts are also encountered at the base of this breccia. The breccia is overlain by a rounded-grain intraclastic calcarenite (1-2cm), which is in turn succeeded by red shale and a second horizon of fine-grained argillaceous-dolomitic breccia, very similar in its appearance to the lower horizon." (Nurgaliev et al. 2015)
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. K. Nurgaliev, V. V. Silantiev, and S. V. Nikolaeva. 2015. Type and reference sections of the Middle and Upper Permian of the Volga and Kama River Regions: A Field Guidebook of XVIII International Congress on Carboniferous and Permian. 1-208 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197557: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 16.11.2018
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Taxonomic list
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"Modiola sp." = Modiolus
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