Kyafar River basin, ammonite samples, 2.2m (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 class: macrofossils

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 198725: authorized by Adam Kocsis, entered by Nina Stilkerich on 09.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Rarecostites kyafarensis Mitta 2017 ammonite