Shakhtau open pit, sample 5 (Permian of Russian Federation)

Where: Bashkortostan, Russian Federation (53.6° N, 56.1° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 42.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shakhtau Reef Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• The preliminary estimate of the geological age based on geological exploration profiles is Late Asselian, although the beds may be around the Asselian-Sakmarian boundary.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PIN

• PIN collections 5538 (gastropods) and 5668 (cephalopods)

Primary reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2019. Lower Permian gastropods of Shakhtau (Asselian–Sakmarian boundary beds, southern Cisuralia). Paleontological Journal 53:1237-1345 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220884: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Damilinidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Rhiphaeoceratidae
Pararhiphaeoceras parvum n. sp.2 Shchedukhin 2022
Eximioceras venustum n. gen. n. sp.2 Shchedukhin 2022
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Amaurotoma kizilkiensis Licharew 1967 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Platyzona eulkaiensis Reed 1927 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Levizygopleura magna Mazaev 2019 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
"Porcellia (Porcellia) magninodosa" = Porcellia magninodosa
"Porcellia (Porcellia) magninodosa" = Porcellia magninodosa Pan 1985 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus cf. elegans Gemmellaro 1887 snail
Strobeus bashkiriensis n. sp. Mazaev 2019 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon shakhtauensis n. sp. Mazaev 2019 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis spallanzanii Gemmellaro 1889 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Arceodomidae
"Arceodomus praepermica" = Arceodomus praepermicus1
"Arceodomus praepermica" = Arceodomus praepermicus1 Fredericks 1915