Samara Region (Devonian of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (53.3° N, 50.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late marginifera conodont zone, Malaya Cheremshana Formation, Middle Famennian (370.6 - 364.7 Ma)

• middle subformation of the Malaya Cheremshana

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

• outer shelf

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. S. Afanasieva. 2019. New Taxa and New Middle Famennian Natgorella hirsuta-Spinoalius melekessensis Radiolarian Ecozone of the Volga-Ural Basin. Paleontological Journal 53(5):435-446 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207468: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Diversiacus sp. Afanasieva 2019 radiolarian
Spinoalius melekessensis n. sp. Afanasieva 2019 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Haplentactiniidae
Natgorella hirsuta n. sp. Afanasieva 2019 radiolarian
Natgorella elegans n. sp. Afanasieva 2019 radiolarian