Sample 1695, south of Mount Nayza, Mangyshlak (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (43.5° N, 54.0° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.8° N, 56.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)

• Upper part of the Upper Campanian, member VI, 5 m above base

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D.P. Naydin in 1979

• Repository: Moscow State University

Primary reference: A. S. Alekseev. 2009. Usonogie raki (Cirripedia, Thoracica) verkhnego Mela Mangyshlaka. Byulletin Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel Geologicheskiy 84:23-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210371: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Virgiscalpellum mangyshlakense n. sp. Alekseev 2009 barnacle