Kyafar River basin, sample 16-2-4-2 (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Karachay-Cherkessia, Russian Federation (43.9° N, 41.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 47.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Parkinsonia parkinsoni ammonoid zone, Upper Member (Djangura Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• Rarecostites sherstyukovi Faunal Horizon

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray mudstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: V. V. Mitta, Y.u. N. Savelieva, A. A. Fedorova and O. V. Shurekova. 2018. Ammonites, Microfauna, and Palynomorphs from the Lower Part of the Upper Bajocian Parkinsoni Zone of the Basin of the Bolshoi Zelenchuk River, Northern Caucasus. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 26(5):552-570 [A. Kocsis/N. Stilkerich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198643: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Nina Stilkerich on 04.01.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

 Dinoflagellata -
Dinophyceae
  - Pareodiniaceae
  - Nannoceratopsiaceae
 Gonyaulacales -
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
 Life -
Micrhystridium sp. Deflandre 1937 acritarchs
Foraminifera
  -
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
Saccamminidae indet. Brady 1884
Abundance: 25
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax spp. de Montfort 1808
Abundance: 10
 Textulariina - Astrorhizidae
"Hyppocrepina guttiforme" = Hippocrepina
"Hyppocrepina guttiforme" = Hippocrepina
Abundance: 8
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina chodzica
Abundance: 9
 Textulariina - Hippocrepinidae
Hippocrepinidae indet. Rhumbler 1895
Abundance: 8
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
Abundance: 3
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Eoguttulina spp.
Abundance: 1
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina spp. d'Orbigny 1826
Abundance: 4
Astacolus caucasicus
Abundance: 1
Astacolus spp. de Montfort 1808
Abundance: 3
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina spp. Lamarck 1804
Abundance: 5
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites spp. Cushman 1910
Abundance: 2
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoididae indet. Maync 1952
Abundance: 25
Haplophragmoides spp. Cushman 1910
Abundance: 15
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
Abundance: 1
 Ceratobuliminacea -
Ceratobuliminacea indet. Cushman 1927
Abundance: 12
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Durotrigia daveyi lizard
Bailey 1987
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Abundance: 4
  -
Infracytheropteron torosum ostracod
Abundance: 1