Where: Russian Federation (63.8° N, 160.1° E: paleocoordinates 67.1° N, 19.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maitaia belliformis other zone, Gizhiga Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Middle Permian, uppermost Capitanian Stage, Gizhigian Regional Substage, uppermost Gizhiga Formation, uppermost Maitaia belliformis Bivalve Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by N.I. Karavaeva in 1987

• Repository: Museum of the Northeast Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan (SVKNII)

Primary reference: A. S. Biakov. 2022. New bivalves of the genus Myonia (Pholadomyida, Sanguinolitidae) from Permian deposits of northeast Russia. Paleontological Journal 56:154-159 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2022

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